On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 03:47:27PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> @@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ static void mce_kill_me_maybe(struct cal
> * MCE broadcast. However some CPUs might be broken beyond repair,
> * so be always careful when synchronizing with others.
> */
> -void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
> +notrace void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
Is there a convention where the notrace marker should come in the
function signature? I see all possible combinations while grepping...
> {
> DECLARE_BITMAP(valid_banks, MAX_NR_BANKS);
> DECLARE_BITMAP(toclear, MAX_NR_BANKS);
> @@ -1254,10 +1254,10 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *re
> */
> int lmce = 1;
>
> - if (__mc_check_crashing_cpu(cpu))
> - return;
> + nmi_enter();
>
> - ist_enter(regs);
> + if (__mc_check_crashing_cpu(cpu))
> + goto out;
>
> this_cpu_inc(mce_exception_count);
>
Should that __mc_check_crashing_cpu() happen before nmi_enter? The
function is doing only a bunch of checks and clearing MSRs for bystander
CPUs...
> @@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *re
> sync_core();
>
> if (worst != MCE_AR_SEVERITY && !kill_it)
> - goto out_ist;
> + goto out;
>
> /* Fault was in user mode and we need to take some action */
> if ((m.cs & 3) == 3) {
> @@ -1362,10 +1362,11 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *re
> mce_panic("Failed kernel mode recovery", &m, msg);
> }
>
> -out_ist:
> - ist_exit(regs);
> +out:
> + nmi_exit();
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_machine_check);
> +NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(do_machine_check);
Yah, that's a good idea regardless.
Thx.
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