Re: [patch 00/20] x86, ptrace, bts, hw-branch-tracer: fixes and cleanups

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* markus.t.metzger@intel.com <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> wrote:

> Patches 1-5 fix races with context switching code when the branch 
> traced task is currently running.
> 
> In the worst case, this might cause context switch code to access 
> freed memory or the tracing hardware to continue tracing into a 
> freed buffer. Both might crash the kernel.
> 
> The first 4 patches apply to .29 using the below preparation 
> patch.
> 
> The remaining patches fix bugs in the context of per-cpu tracing 
> (i.e. hw-branch-tracer) and pebs, add more selftest code, and do 
> some cleanups.

Thanks - this looks pretty acceptable. Latest -git changed a lot of 
code in the same area (-mm bits went upstream), creating a lot of 
conflicts.

To not prolongue this any longer (20 patches are difficult enough 
already to handle) i picked up your patches and resolved the 
conflicts in situ - mind having a look at the resulting 
tip:tracing/hw-branch-tracing branch - does the end result look sane 
to you?

It would also be nice to address Peter's feedback about the mm.h 
detail and the locked-pages API - but we can do that on top.

Thanks,

	Ingo