Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: Reset the debug_stack update counter

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 12:19 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 05/30/2012 06:28 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> >> 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c index
> > 9087527..c1fffc5 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c +++
> > b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c @@ -450,8 +450,10 @@ static inline void
> > nmi_nesting_preprocess(struct pt_regs *regs)
> > 
> > static inline void nmi_nesting_postprocess(void) { -	if
> > (unlikely(__get_cpu_var(update_debug_stack))) +	if
> > (unlikely(__get_cpu_var(update_debug_stack))) { 
> > debug_stack_reset(); +		__get_cpu_var(update_debug_stack) = 0; +	} 
> > } #endif
> > 
> 
> Please don't use __get_cpu_var(); it causes a pointer to be manifest,
> which is free or almost free on most architectures but quite expensive
> on x86.
> 
> Instead use this_cpu_read()/this_cpu_write().

OK, will change.

Thanks!

-- Steve