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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:40:16 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [patch 14/41] x86/smp: Use static key for reschedule interrupt
 tracing
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:31:17 +0200
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:


> -__visible void __irq_entry smp_trace_reschedule_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
> -{
> -	/*
> -	 * Need to call irq_enter() before calling the trace point.
> -	 * __smp_reschedule_interrupt() calls irq_enter/exit() too (in
> -	 * scheduler_ipi(). This is OK, since those functions are allowed
> -	 * to nest.
> -	 */
> -	ipi_entering_ack_irq();
> -	trace_reschedule_entry(RESCHEDULE_VECTOR);
> +	if (trace_irqvectors_enabled()) {
> +		/*
> +		 * scheduler_ipi() might call irq_enter() as well, but
> +		 * nested calls are fine.
> +		 */
> +		irq_enter();
> +		trace_reschedule_entry(RESCHEDULE_VECTOR);
> +	}
> +
>  	inc_irq_stat(irq_resched_count);
>  	scheduler_ipi();
> -	trace_reschedule_exit(RESCHEDULE_VECTOR);
> -	exiting_irq();
> +
> +	if (trace_irqvectors_enabled()) {
> +		trace_reschedule_exit(RESCHEDULE_VECTOR);
> +		irq_exit();

This is racy. If the static key gets changed on one and not the other,
we lose the irq_enter/irq_exit match.

-- Steve


> +	}
>  }
>  
>  __visible void __irq_entry smp_call_function_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
>