From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86: Disable IST stacks for debug/int 3/stack fault for PREEMPT_RT" Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 19:18:07 +0100 Message-ID: <20140104181807.GS20765@two.firstfloor.org> References: <20130917061329.4872.51468.reportbug@dell-inspiron-linux.dlinkrouter> <1379427451.23881.48.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> <1379905562.3913.8.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> <1380115449.4430.21.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> <52AE0419.3050103@linutronix.de> <20140103135548.GA6327@linutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Ben Hutchings , Thomas Gleixner , Peter Zijlstra , Steven Rostedt , 723180@bugs.debian.org, Brian Silverman , LKML , linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140103135548.GA6327@linutronix.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-rt-users.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 02:55:48PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > where do I start. Let me explain what is going on here. The code > sequence Yes the IST stacks are needed for correctness, even in more cases than the example below. You cannot just disable them, just because you don't like them. -Andi