Add a few comments to do_nmi() as a result of the audit. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c @@ -529,11 +529,14 @@ do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_ * continue to use the NMI stack. */ if (unlikely(is_debug_stack(regs->sp))) { - debug_stack_set_zero(); + debug_stack_set_zero(); /* notrace due to Makefile */ this_cpu_write(update_debug_stack, 1); } #endif + /* + * It is important that no tracing happens before nmi_enter()! + */ nmi_enter(); inc_irq_stat(__nmi_count); @@ -542,10 +545,13 @@ do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_ default_do_nmi(regs); nmi_exit(); + /* + * No tracing after nmi_exit()! + */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 if (unlikely(this_cpu_read(update_debug_stack))) { - debug_stack_reset(); + debug_stack_reset(); /* notrace due to Makefile */ this_cpu_write(update_debug_stack, 0); } #endif