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Impact: cleanup
This patch cleans up the NMI safe code for dynamic ftrace as suggested
by Andrew Morton.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Impact: fix crashes that can occur in NMI handlers, if their code is modified
Modifying code is something that needs special care. On SMP boxes,
if code that is being modified is also being executed on another CPU,
that CPU will have undefined results.
The dynamic ftrace uses kstop_machine to make the system act like a
uniprocessor system. But this does not address NMIs, that can still
run on other CPUs.
One approach to handle this is to make all code that are used by NMIs
not be traced. But NMIs can call notifiers that spread throughout the
kernel and this will be very hard to maintain, and the chance of missing
a function is very high.
The approach that this patch takes is to have the NMIs modify the code
if the modification is taking place. The way this works is that just
writing to code executing on another CPU is not harmful if what is
written is the same as what exists.
Two buffers are used: an IP buffer and a "code" buffer.
The steps that the patcher takes are:
1) Put in the instruction pointer into the IP buffer
and the new code into the "code" buffer.
2) Set a flag that says we are modifying code
3) Wait for any running NMIs to finish.
4) Write the code
5) clear the flag.
6) Wait for any running NMIs to finish.
If an NMI is executed, it will also write the pending code.
Multiple writes are OK, because what is being written is the same.
Then the patcher must wait for all running NMIs to finish before
going to the next line that must be patched.
This is basically the RCU approach to code modification.
Thanks to Ingo Molnar for suggesting the idea, and to Arjan van de Ven
for his guidence on what is safe and what is not.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6:
x86/PCI: build failure at x86/kernel/pci-dma.c with !CONFIG_PCI
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* 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (31 commits)
ftrace: fix current_tracer error return
tracing: fix a build error on alpha
ftrace: use a real variable for ftrace_nop in x86
tracing/ftrace: make boot tracer select the sched_switch tracer
tracepoint: check if the probe has been registered
asm-generic: define DIE_OOPS in asm-generic
trace: fix printk warning for u64
ftrace: warning in kernel/trace/ftrace.c
ftrace: fix build failure
ftrace, powerpc, sparc64, x86: remove notrace from arch ftrace file
ftrace: remove ftrace hash
ftrace: remove mcount set
ftrace: remove daemon
ftrace: disable dynamic ftrace for all archs that use daemon
ftrace: add ftrace warn on to disable ftrace
ftrace: only have ftrace_kill atomic
ftrace: use probe_kernel
ftrace: comment arch ftrace code
ftrace: return error on failed modified text.
ftrace: dynamic ftrace process only text section
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* 'kvm-updates/2.6.28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm:
KVM: ia64: Makefile fix for forcing to re-generate asm-offsets.h
KVM: Future-proof device assignment ABI
KVM: ia64: Fix halt emulation logic
KVM: Fix guest shared interrupt with in-kernel irqchip
KVM: MMU: sync root on paravirt TLB flush
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* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
lockdep: fix irqs on/off ip tracing
lockdep: minor fix for debug_show_all_locks()
x86: restore the old swiotlb alloc_coherent behavior
x86: use GFP_DMA for 24bit coherent_dma_mask
swiotlb: remove panic for alloc_coherent failure
xen: compilation fix of drivers/xen/events.c on IA64
xen: portability clean up and some minor clean up for xencomm.c
xen: don't reload cr3 on suspend
kernel/resource: fix reserve_region_with_split() section mismatch
printk: remove unused code from kernel/printk.c
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Every call of kvm_set_irq() should offer an irq_source_id, which is
allocated by kvm_request_irq_source_id(). Based on irq_source_id, we
identify the irq source and implement logical OR for shared level
interrupts.
The allocated irq_source_id can be freed by kvm_free_irq_source_id().
Currently, we support at most sizeof(unsigned long) different irq sources.
[Amit: - rebase to kvm.git HEAD
- move definition of KVM_USERSPACE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID to common file
- move kvm_request_irq_source_id to the update_irq ioctl]
[Xiantao: - Add kvm/ia64 stuff and make it work for kvm/ia64 guests]
Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Xiantao Zhang <xiantao.zhang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 04:09:52PM -0700, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
> arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o: In function `iommu_setup':
> pci-dma.c:(.init.text+0x36ad): undefined reference to `forbid_dac'
> pci-dma.c:(.init.text+0x36cc): undefined reference to `forbid_dac'
> pci-dma.c:(.init.text+0x3711): undefined reference to `forbid_dac
This patch partially reverts a patch to add IOMMU support to ia64. The
forbid_dac variable was incorrectly moved to quirks.c, which isn't built
when PCI is disabled.
Tested-by: "Alexander Beregalov" <a.beregalov@gmail.com>
Acked-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
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dma_alloc_coherent (include/asm-x86/dma-mapping.h) avoids GFP_DMA
allocation first and if the allocated address is not fit for the
device's coherent_dma_mask, then dma_alloc_coherent does GFP_DMA
allocation. This is because dma_alloc_coherent avoids precious GFP_DMA
zone if possible. This is also how the old dma_alloc_coherent
(arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c) works.
However, if the coherent_dma_mask of a device is 24bit, there is no
point to go into the above GFP_DMA retry mechanism. We had better use
GFP_DMA in the first place.
Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Tested-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86: fix section mismatch warning - apic_x2apic_phys
x86: fix section mismatch warning - apic_x2apic_cluster
x86: fix section mismatch warning - apic_x2apic_uv_x
x86: fix section mismatch warning - apic_physflat
x86: fix section mismatch warning - apic_flat
x86: memtest fix use of reserve_early()
x86 syscall.h: fix argument order
x86/tlb_uv: remove strange mc146818rtc include
x86: remove redundant KERN_DEBUG on pr_debug
x86: do_boot_cpu - check if we have ESR register
x86: MAINTAINERS change for AMD microcode patch loader
x86/proc: fix /proc/cpuinfo cpu offline bug
x86: call dmi-quirks for HP Laptops after early-quirks are executed
x86, kexec: fix hang on i386 when panic occurs while console_sem is held
MCE: Don't run 32bit machine checks with interrupts on
x86: SB600: skip IRQ0 override if it is not routed to INT2 of IOAPIC
x86: make variables static
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* 'proc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/adobriyan/proc: (35 commits)
proc: remove fs/proc/proc_misc.c
proc: move /proc/vmcore creation to fs/proc/vmcore.c
proc: move pagecount stuff to fs/proc/page.c
proc: move all /proc/kcore stuff to fs/proc/kcore.c
proc: move /proc/schedstat boilerplate to kernel/sched_stats.h
proc: move /proc/modules boilerplate to kernel/module.c
proc: move /proc/diskstats boilerplate to block/genhd.c
proc: move /proc/zoneinfo boilerplate to mm/vmstat.c
proc: move /proc/vmstat boilerplate to mm/vmstat.c
proc: move /proc/pagetypeinfo boilerplate to mm/vmstat.c
proc: move /proc/buddyinfo boilerplate to mm/vmstat.c
proc: move /proc/vmallocinfo to mm/vmalloc.c
proc: move /proc/slabinfo boilerplate to mm/slub.c, mm/slab.c
proc: move /proc/slab_allocators boilerplate to mm/slab.c
proc: move /proc/interrupts boilerplate code to fs/proc/interrupts.c
proc: move /proc/stat to fs/proc/stat.c
proc: move rest of /proc/partitions code to block/genhd.c
proc: move /proc/cpuinfo code to fs/proc/cpuinfo.c
proc: move /proc/devices code to fs/proc/devices.c
proc: move rest of /proc/locks to fs/locks.c
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* 'x86/um-header' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (26 commits)
x86: canonicalize remaining header guards
x86: drop double underscores from header guards
x86: Fix ASM_X86__ header guards
x86, um: get rid of uml-config.h
x86, um: get rid of arch/um/Kconfig.arch
x86, um: get rid of arch/um/os symlink
x86, um: get rid of excessive includes of uml-config.h
x86, um: get rid of header symlinks
x86, um: merge Kconfig.i386 and Kconfig.x86_64
x86, um: get rid of sysdep symlink
x86, um: trim the junk from uml ptrace-*.h
x86, um: take vm-flags.h to sysdep
x86, um: get rid of uml asm/arch
x86, um: get rid of uml highmem.h
x86, um: get rid of uml unistd.h
x86, um: get rid of system.h -> system.h include
x86, um: uml atomic.h is not needed anymore
x86, um: untangle uml ldt.h
x86, um: get rid of more uml asm/arch uses
x86, um: remove dead header (uml module-generic.h; never used these days)
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Canonicalize a few remaining header guards, with the exception for
those which are still in subarchitecture directories.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Drop double underscores from header guards in arch/x86/include. They
are used inconsistently, and are not necessary.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Change header guards named "ASM_X86__*" to "_ASM_X86_*" since:
a. the double underscore is ugly and pointless.
b. no leading underscore violates namespace constraints.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Steven Rostedt
Linus Torvalds
Sheng Yang
Ingo Molnar
Fenghua Yu
FUJITA Tomonori
H. Peter Anvin
Al Viro