[PATCH v3] x86/msr: Add write msr notrace to avoid the debug codes splash

* [PATCH v3] x86/msr: Add write msr notrace to avoid the debug codes splash
@ 2016-10-25  2:58 Wanpeng Li
  2016-10-25 11:15 ` Paolo Bonzini
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Wanpeng Li @ 2016-10-25  2:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: Wanpeng Li, Ingo Molnar, Mike Galbraith, Peter Zijlstra,
	Thomas Gleixner, Paolo Bonzini

As Peterz pointed out:

| The thing is, many many smp_reschedule_interrupt() invocations don't
| actually execute anything much at all and are only send to tickle the
| return to user path (which does the actual preemption).

This patch add write msr notrace to avoid the debug codes splash.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h |  3 ++-
 arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h  | 15 +++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c |  1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c       |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/smp.c       |  2 --
 5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index f5aaf6c..a5a0bcf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static inline void native_apic_msr_write(u32 reg, u32 v)
 
 static inline void native_apic_msr_eoi_write(u32 reg, u32 v)
 {
-	wrmsr(APIC_BASE_MSR + (APIC_EOI >> 4), APIC_EOI_ACK, 0);
+	wrmsr_notrace(APIC_BASE_MSR + (APIC_EOI >> 4), APIC_EOI_ACK, 0);
 }
 
 static inline u32 native_apic_msr_read(u32 reg)
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ struct apic {
 	 * on write for EOI.
 	 */
 	void (*eoi_write)(u32 reg, u32 v);
+	void (*native_eoi_write)(u32 reg, u32 v);
 	u64 (*icr_read)(void);
 	void (*icr_write)(u32 low, u32 high);
 	void (*wait_icr_idle)(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index b5fee97..afbb221 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -127,6 +127,21 @@ notrace static inline void native_write_msr(unsigned int msr,
 }
 
 /* Can be uninlined because referenced by paravirt */
+notrace static inline void native_write_msr_notrace(unsigned int msr,
+					    unsigned low, unsigned high)
+{
+	asm volatile("1: wrmsr\n"
+		     "2:\n"
+		     _ASM_EXTABLE_HANDLE(1b, 2b, ex_handler_wrmsr_unsafe)
+		     : : "c" (msr), "a"(low), "d" (high) : "memory");
+}
+
+static inline void wrmsr_notrace(unsigned msr, unsigned low, unsigned high)
+{
+	native_write_msr_notrace(msr, low, high);
+}
+
+/* Can be uninlined because referenced by paravirt */
 notrace static inline int native_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr,
 					unsigned low, unsigned high)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 88c657b..2686894 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -2263,6 +2263,7 @@ void __init apic_set_eoi_write(void (*eoi_write)(u32 reg, u32 v))
 	for (drv = __apicdrivers; drv < __apicdrivers_end; drv++) {
 		/* Should happen once for each apic */
 		WARN_ON((*drv)->eoi_write == eoi_write);
+		(*drv)->native_eoi_write = (*drv)->eoi_write;
 		(*drv)->eoi_write = eoi_write;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index edbbfc8..ca9eef7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static void kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write(u32 reg, u32 val)
 	 */
 	if (__test_and_clear_bit(KVM_PV_EOI_BIT, this_cpu_ptr(&kvm_apic_eoi)))
 		return;
-	apic_write(APIC_EOI, APIC_EOI_ACK);
+	apic->native_eoi_write(APIC_EOI, APIC_EOI_ACK);
 }
 
 static void kvm_guest_cpu_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
index c00cb64..68f8cc2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
@@ -261,10 +261,8 @@ static inline void __smp_reschedule_interrupt(void)
 
 __visible void smp_reschedule_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	irq_enter();
 	ack_APIC_irq();
 	__smp_reschedule_interrupt();
-	irq_exit();
 	/*
 	 * KVM uses this interrupt to force a cpu out of guest mode
 	 */
-- 
1.9.1

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