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From: Boris Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	rdunlap@infradead.org, jpoimboe@redhat.com, sfr@canb.auug.org.au,
	tony.luck@intel.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/6] x86/mce: Dont use noinstr for now
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:57:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8B866DA6-ED68-4681-8D83-A23E8F18E77C@alien8.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210106144017.779081583@infradead.org>

On January 6, 2021 3:36:25 PM GMT+01:00, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
>Instead of using noinstr, kill instrumentation for all of mce/. This
>switches MCE over to a best-effort but non-validated mode. Doing
>better will require a significant investment of time and effort.

Another thing that we could do is carve out only the stuff which needs to be noinstr into a separate compilation unit and disable tracing only for that while keeping the rest traceable. Need to try it to see how ugly it'll get...

-- 
Sent from a small device: formatting sux and brevity is inevitable.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-06 14:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-06 14:36 [PATCH 0/6] x86 noinstr fixes Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-06 14:36 ` [PATCH 1/6] x86/entry: Fix noinstr fail Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-12 20:12   ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-06 14:36 ` [PATCH 2/6] x86/sev: Fix nonistr violation Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-06 17:59   ` Randy Dunlap
2021-01-07  9:36     ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-07 10:18       ` [PATCH 7/6] x86: __always_inline __{rd,wr}msr() Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-07 10:31         ` David Laight
2021-01-07 16:49         ` Randy Dunlap
2021-01-12 20:12   ` [tip: x86/urgent] x86/sev: Fix nonistr violation tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-06 14:36 ` [PATCH 3/6] locking/lockdep: Cure noinstr fail Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-12 20:12   ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-06 14:36 ` [PATCH 4/6] locking/lockdep: Avoid noinstr warning for DEBUG_LOCKDEP Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-12 20:12   ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-06 14:36 ` [PATCH 5/6] x86/mce: Remove explicit/superfluous tracing Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-12 20:12   ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-06 14:36 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/6] x86/mce: Dont use noinstr for now Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-06 14:57   ` Boris Petkov [this message]
2021-01-07 10:06     ` Borislav Petkov
2021-01-07 12:58       ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-07 13:13         ` Borislav Petkov

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