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From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/15] misc: Make x86 doublefault handling optional
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:35:52 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8.282480653@selenic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7.282480653@selenic.com>

This adds configurable support for doublefault reporting on x86

add/remove: 0/3 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-13048 (-13048)
function                                     old     new   delta
cpu_init                                     846     786     -60
doublefault_fn                               188       -    -188
doublefault_stack                           4096       -   -4096
doublefault_tss                             8704       -   -8704

Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>

Index: 2.6.14-misc/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
===================================================================
--- 2.6.14-misc.orig/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile	2005-10-27 17:02:08.000000000 -0700
+++ 2.6.14-misc/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile	2005-11-09 11:19:46.000000000 -0800
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extra-y := head.o init_task.o vmlinux.ld
 obj-y	:= process.o semaphore.o signal.o entry.o traps.o irq.o vm86.o \
 		ptrace.o time.o ioport.o ldt.o setup.o i8259.o sys_i386.o \
 		pci-dma.o i386_ksyms.o i387.o dmi_scan.o bootflag.o \
-		doublefault.o quirks.o i8237.o
+		quirks.o i8237.o
 
 obj-y				+= cpu/
 obj-y				+= timers/
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ obj-y				+= sysenter.o vsyscall.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SRAT) 	+= srat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER) 	+= time_hpet.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI) 		+= efi.o efi_stub.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT) 	+= doublefault.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK)	+= early_printk.o
 
 EXTRA_AFLAGS   := -traditional
Index: 2.6.14-misc/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.14-misc.orig/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c	2005-11-01 10:54:31.000000000 -0800
+++ 2.6.14-misc/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c	2005-11-09 11:19:46.000000000 -0800
@@ -628,8 +628,10 @@ void __devinit cpu_init(void)
 	load_TR_desc();
 	load_LDT(&init_mm.context);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT
 	/* Set up doublefault TSS pointer in the GDT */
 	__set_tss_desc(cpu, GDT_ENTRY_DOUBLEFAULT_TSS, &doublefault_tss);
+#endif
 
 	/* Clear %fs and %gs. */
 	asm volatile ("xorl %eax, %eax; movl %eax, %fs; movl %eax, %gs");
Index: 2.6.14-misc/init/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- 2.6.14-misc.orig/init/Kconfig	2005-11-01 10:54:33.000000000 -0800
+++ 2.6.14-misc/init/Kconfig	2005-11-09 11:19:46.000000000 -0800
@@ -315,6 +315,15 @@ config BUG
           option for embedded systems with no facilities for reporting errors.
           Just say Y.
 
+config DOUBLEFAULT
+	depends X86
+	default y if X86
+	bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
+	help
+          This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
+          would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
+          option saves about 4k.
+
 config BASE_FULL
 	default y
 	bool "Enable full-sized data structures for core" if EMBEDDED

  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-11  8:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-11  8:35 [PATCH 0/15] misc: Miscellaneous bits from -tiny Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35 ` [PATCH 1/15] misc: Add bloat-o-meter to scripts Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35   ` [PATCH 2/15] misc: Uninline some namei.c functions Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35     ` [PATCH 3/15] misc: Uninline some open.c functions Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35       ` [PATCH 4/15] misc: Uninline some inode.c functions Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35         ` [PATCH 5/15] misc: Uninline some fslocks.c functions Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35           ` [PATCH 6/15] misc: Trim non-IPX builds Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35             ` Matt Mackall [this message]
2005-11-11  8:35               ` [PATCH 8/15] misc: Make vm86 support optional Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35                 ` [PATCH 9/15] misc: Make sysenter " Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35                   ` [PATCH 10/15] misc: Make *[ug]id16 " Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35                     ` [PATCH 11/15] misc: Allow dropping panic text strings from kernel image Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35                       ` [PATCH 12/15] misc: Configurable panic support Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35                         ` [PATCH 13/15] misc: Configure ELF core dump support Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35                           ` [PATCH 14/15] misc: Configurable number of supported IDE interfaces Matt Mackall
2005-11-11  8:35                             ` [PATCH 15/15] misc: Configurable support for PCI serial ports Matt Mackall
2005-11-11 11:03                               ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-01-07 16:50                               ` Russell King
2006-01-08  2:26                                 ` Matt Mackall
2005-11-11 10:14                             ` [PATCH 14/15] misc: Configurable number of supported IDE interfaces Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-11-11 17:18                               ` Matt Mackall
2005-11-11 17:34                                 ` Roman Zippel
2005-11-11 17:37                                   ` Matt Mackall
2005-11-11 17:47                                     ` Matt Mackall
2005-11-11 17:49                                     ` Roman Zippel
2005-11-11 11:03                       ` [PATCH 11/15] misc: Allow dropping panic text strings from kernel image Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-11-11 17:21                         ` Matt Mackall
2005-11-12  6:06                       ` Andrew Morton
2005-11-11 10:22                     ` [PATCH 10/15] misc: Make *[ug]id16 support optional Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-11-16 13:21                     ` Rob Landley
2005-11-16 18:01                       ` Matt Mackall
2005-12-20 15:46                         ` Zdenek Pavlas
2005-12-20 16:50                           ` Rob Landley
2005-12-21 17:30                             ` Zdenek Pavlas
2005-11-12  5:57                   ` [PATCH 9/15] misc: Make sysenter " Andrew Morton
2005-11-12  5:55                 ` [PATCH 8/15] misc: Make vm86 " Andrew Morton
2005-11-13  3:30               ` [PATCH 7/15] misc: Make x86 doublefault handling optional Andi Kleen
2005-11-16 13:13               ` Rob Landley
2005-11-16 18:21                 ` Matt Mackall
2005-11-16 19:21                   ` Scott Garfinkle
2005-11-16 19:45                     ` Adrian Bunk
2005-12-12 10:36                     ` Ingo Molnar
2005-12-12 16:22                       ` Andi Kleen
2005-12-12 15:32                         ` Matt Mackall
2005-12-13  8:39                         ` Ingo Molnar
2005-11-14  1:57             ` [PATCH 6/15] misc: Trim non-IPX builds Adrian Bunk
2005-11-18  5:22               ` [2.6 patch] move some code to net/ipx/af_ipx.c Adrian Bunk
2005-11-18 17:27                 ` Matt Mackall
2005-11-18 20:24                 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2005-12-05 21:35                   ` Adrian Bunk
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     [not found] ` <57CC5-7cD-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <58gSR-6FB-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-11-14  0:33     ` [PATCH 7/15] misc: Make x86 doublefault handling optional Bodo Eggert

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