From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/21] tracing: Add optional percpu buffers for trace_printk()
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:02:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1316775722.9084.2.camel@twins> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110922221030.111078233@goodmis.org>
On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 18:09 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>
> Currently, trace_printk() uses a single buffer to write into
> to calculate the size and format needed to save the trace. To
> do this safely in an SMP environment, a spin_lock() is taken
> to only allow one writer at a time to the buffer. But this could
> also affect what is being traced, and add synchronization that
> would not be there otherwise.
so trace_printk() isn't NMI safe? #$%@^%@@$%@
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-23 11:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-22 22:09 [PATCH 00/21] [GIT PULL][v3.2] tracing: queued up stuff waiting for k.org to come back on line Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 01/21] tracing: Clean up tb_fmt to not give faulty compile warning Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 02/21] Tracepoint: Dissociate from module mutex Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 03/21] x86: jump_label: arch_jump_label_text_poke_early: add missing __init Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 04/21] tracing/filter: Use static allocation for filter predicates Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 05/21] tracing/filter: Separate predicate init and filter addition Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 06/21] tracing/filter: Remove field_name from filter_pred struct Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 07/21] tracing/filter: Simplify tracepoint event lookup Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 08/21] tracing/filter: Unify predicate tree walking, change check_pred_tree Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 09/21] tracing/filter: Change count_leafs function to use walk_pred_tree Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 10/21] tracing/filter: Change fold_pred_tree " Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 11/21] tracing/filter: Change fold_pred " Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 12/21] tracing/filter: Change filter_match_preds function to use Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 13/21] tracing/filter: Add startup tests for events filter Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 14/21] tracing: Add preempt disable for filter self test Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 15/21] trace: Add a new readonly entry to report total buffer size Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 16/21] trace: Add ring buffer stats to measure rate of events Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 17/21] tracing: Add a counter clock for those that do not trust clocks Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 18/21] tracing: Fix preemptirqsoff tracer to not stop at preempt off Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 19/21] tracing: Account for preempt off in preempt_schedule() Steven Rostedt
2011-09-23 11:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-23 11:19 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-09-23 11:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-23 12:24 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-09-23 14:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-23 14:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-23 13:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 20/21] tracing: Do not allocate buffer for trace_marker Steven Rostedt
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 21/21] tracing: Add optional percpu buffers for trace_printk() Steven Rostedt
2011-09-23 11:02 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2011-09-23 11:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-23 11:16 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-09-23 11:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-23 11:39 ` Steven Rostedt
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