Re: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: x86: Fix call-chain support to use NMI-safe methods
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- Subject: Re: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: x86: Fix call-chain support to use NMI-safe methods
- From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:55:16 -0700
- Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, mingo@xxxxxxxxxx, paulus@xxxxxxxxx, acme@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx, penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx, efault@xxxxxx, jeremy@xxxxxxxx, npiggin@xxxxxxx, tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-tip-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>
>> I wouldn't actually expect that, *as long as* there is
>> serialization between the cr2 write and the cr2 read.
>
> Well, is there any OS that heavily relies on cr2 writes and which
> uses them from NMI context, and which CPU makers care about?
> (Meaning: Windows, pretty much.)
>
> If not then i agree that in theory it should work fine, but in
> practice we only know that we dont know the unknown risk here ;-)
>
I think you can drop "uses them from NMI context" from that statement;
writing to %cr2 is independent of the context.
I can try to find out internally what Intel's position on writing %cr2
is, but it'll take a while; however, KVM should be able to tell you if
any random OS uses %cr2 writes (as should a static disassembly of their
kernel.)
-hpa
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