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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	x86@kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>, Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
	Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [patch part-II V2 07/13] x86/entry: Move irq tracing on syscall entry to C-code
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:17:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zhcjdeu2.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200313151618.GB32144@lenoir>

Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> writes:

> On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 11:24:06PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> Now that the C entry points are safe, move the irq flags tracing code into
>> the entry helper.
>>
>
> The consolidation is most welcome but the changelog is still a bit
> misleading. The fact that the C entry points are now safe doesn't
> make irq flags tracing safe itself.

Yes, that comes in a later patch. Bah. And of course I'm reworking this
ATM with the new section magic and analyzing the fallout with help of
the objtool extension Peter did for this.

Still writing changelogs and trying to make sense of things we find that
way.

Thanks,

        tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2020-03-13 23:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-08 22:23 [patch part-II V2 00/13] x86/entry: Consolidation - Part II (syscalls) Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 01/13] context_tracking: Ensure that the critical path cannot be instrumented Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-09 14:22   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-09 14:40     ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-10 10:12   ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 02/13] x86/entry: Mark enter_from_user_mode() notrace and NOKPROBE Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-09 15:14   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-09 15:40     ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-11 22:21       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-10 10:15   ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 03/13] x86/entry/32: Remove unused label restore_nocheck Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-10 10:16   ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-10 13:02   ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 04/13] x86/entry/64: Trace irqflags unconditionally as ON when returning to user space Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-10 10:25   ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-10 13:02   ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 05/13] x86/entry/common: Consolidate syscall entry code Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 06/13] x86/entry/common: Mark syscall entry points notrace and NOKPROBE Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-13 15:12   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 07/13] x86/entry: Move irq tracing on syscall entry to C-code Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-13 15:16   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-13 23:17     ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 08/13] tracing: Provide lockdep less trace_hardirqs_on/off() variants Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-10 10:55   ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-10 11:08     ` Borislav Petkov
2020-03-10 11:21       ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 09/13] x86/entry/common: Split hardirq tracing into lockdep and ftrace parts Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-10 11:20   ` Borislav Petkov
2020-03-10 13:40     ` Steven Rostedt
2020-03-10 13:28   ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-23  9:08   ` [x86/entry/common] bae397f6e7: WARNING:at_kernel/sched/cputime.c:#get_vtime_delta kernel test robot
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 10/13] x86/entry/common: Split prepare_exit_to_usermode() and syscall_return_slowpath() Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-10 13:37   ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 11/13] x86/speculation/mds: Mark mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers() __always_inline Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-10 13:48   ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-10 16:38     ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 12/13] x86/entry: Move irq flags tracing to prepare_exit_to_usermode() Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-10 14:03   ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-08 22:24 ` [patch part-II V2 13/13] x86/entry/common: Split irq tracing in prepare_exit_to_usermode() Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-10 14:09   ` Alexandre Chartre

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