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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
index cdfb3864d59a..2a07c9adc6a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -327,10 +327,9 @@ unknown_nmi_error(unsigned char reason, struct pt_regs *regs)
int handled;
/*
- * Use 'false' as back-to-back NMIs are dealt with one level up.
- * Of course this makes having multiple 'unknown' handlers useless
- * as only the first one is ever run (unless it can actually determine
- * if it caused the NMI)
+ * As a last resort, let the "unknown" handlers make a
+ * best-effort attempt to figure out if they can claim
+ * responsibility for this Unknown NMI.
*/
handled = nmi_handle(NMI_UNKNOWN, regs);
if (handled) {