From: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
To: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>,
Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-s390@vger.kernel.org" <linux-s390@vger.kernel.org>,
"linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
"live-patching@vger.kernel.org" <live-patching@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] powerpc/ftrace: Implement CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:27:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yt9dmtir3psi.fsf@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Ygz2Upu+5NiEAsDT@osiris> (Heiko Carstens's message of "Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:04:18 +0100")
Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> So, the in both variants s390 provides nearly identical data. The only
> difference is that for FL_SAVE_REGS the program status word mask is
> missing; therefore it is not possible to figure out the condition code
> or if interrupts were enabled/disabled.
>
> Vasily, Sven, I think we have two options here:
>
> - don't provide sane psw mask contents at all and say (again) that
> ptregs contents are identical
>
> - provide (finally) a full psw mask contents using epsw, and indicate
> validity with a flags bit in pt_regs
>
> I would vote for the second option, even though epsw is slow. But this
> is about the third or fourth time this came up in different
> contexts. So I'd guess we should go for the slow but complete
> solution. Opinions?
Given that this only affects ftrace_regs_caller, i would also vote for the
second option.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-16 13:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-20 16:37 [PATCH v2 00/13] Implement livepatch on PPC32 and more Christophe Leroy
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] livepatch: Fix build failure on 32 bits processors Christophe Leroy
2021-12-22 13:47 ` Miroslav Benes
2022-01-04 19:35 ` Joe Lawrence
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] tracing: Fix selftest config check for function graph start up test Christophe Leroy
2022-02-24 13:43 ` Christophe Leroy
2022-02-24 14:53 ` Steven Rostedt
2022-02-24 15:13 ` Christophe Leroy
2022-02-24 15:17 ` Steven Rostedt
2022-02-25 2:42 ` Michael Ellerman
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] powerpc/module_32: Fix livepatching for RO modules Christophe Leroy
2022-01-04 19:44 ` Joe Lawrence
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] powerpc/ftrace: Add support for livepatch to PPC32 Christophe Leroy
2021-12-22 14:00 ` Miroslav Benes
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] powerpc/ftrace: Don't save again LR in ftrace_regs_caller() on PPC32 Christophe Leroy
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] powerpc/ftrace: Simplify PPC32's return_to_handler() Christophe Leroy
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] powerpc/ftrace: Prepare PPC32's ftrace_caller() for CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS Christophe Leroy
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] powerpc/ftrace: Prepare PPC64's " Christophe Leroy
2022-02-14 15:19 ` Naveen N. Rao
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] powerpc/ftrace: Implement CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS Christophe Leroy
2021-12-22 14:19 ` Miroslav Benes
2022-02-14 15:25 ` Naveen N. Rao
2022-02-15 8:00 ` Christophe Leroy
2022-02-15 11:05 ` Michael Ellerman
2022-02-15 13:36 ` Naveen N. Rao
2022-02-15 14:28 ` Christophe Leroy
2022-02-15 14:51 ` Christophe Leroy
2022-02-15 16:25 ` Naveen N. Rao
2022-02-16 13:04 ` Heiko Carstens
2022-02-16 13:27 ` Sven Schnelle [this message]
2022-02-15 14:38 ` Steven Rostedt
2022-02-15 16:26 ` Naveen N. Rao
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] powerpc/ftrace: Refactor ftrace_{en/dis}able_ftrace_graph_caller Christophe Leroy
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] powerpc/ftrace: directly call of function graph tracer by ftrace caller Christophe Leroy
2022-02-14 17:24 ` Naveen N. Rao
2022-02-14 19:03 ` Steven Rostedt
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] powerpc/ftrace: Prepare ftrace_64_mprofile.S for reuse by PPC32 Christophe Leroy
2022-02-14 17:51 ` Naveen N. Rao
2022-02-15 8:33 ` Christophe Leroy
2021-12-20 16:38 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] powerpc/ftrace: Remove ftrace_32.S Christophe Leroy
2022-02-11 7:41 ` [PATCH] Fixup for next-test 3a1a8f078670 ("powerpc/ftrace: Remove ftrace_32.S") Christophe Leroy
2022-02-16 12:26 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] Implement livepatch on PPC32 and more Michael Ellerman
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