From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
x86@kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 15/14] x86/dumpstack/64: Speedup in_exception_stack()
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 10:53:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190402155301.fvvt5f3veilixv3j@treble> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190402155149.c23ivzzc5hyykokl@treble>
On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 10:51:49AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 05:48:56PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > With the above "(stk <= begin || stk >= end)" check, removing the loop
> > > becomes not all that important since exception stack dumps are quite
> > > rare and not performance sensitive. With all the macros this code
> > > becomes a little more obtuse, so I'm not sure whether removal of the
> > > loop is a net positive.
> >
> > What about perf? It's NMI context and probably starts from there. Peter?
>
> I believe perf unwinds starting from the regs from the context which was
> interrupted by the NMI.
Adding Peter to keep me honest.
--
Josh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-02 15:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-31 21:40 [patch 00/14] x86/exceptions: Add guard patches to IST stacks Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 01/14] x86/irq/64: Limit IST stack overflow check to #DB stack Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-01 18:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-04-02 16:34 ` Sean Christopherson
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 02/14] x86/idt: Remove unused macro SISTG Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-01 4:04 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 03/14] x86/exceptions: Remove unused stack defines on 32bit Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 04/14] x86/exceptions: Make IST index zero based Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-01 7:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-01 7:33 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-02 16:49 ` Sean Christopherson
2019-04-03 16:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 05/14] x86/cpu_entry_area: Cleanup setup functions Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 06/14] x86/exceptions: Add structs for exception stacks Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 07/14] x86/cpu_entry_area: Prepare for IST guard pages Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 08/14] x86/cpu_entry_area: Provide exception stack accessor Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 09/14] x86/traps: Use cpu_entry_area instead of orig_ist Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 10/14] x86/irq/64: Use cpu entry area " Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 11/14] x86/dumpstack/64: Use cpu_entry_area " Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 12/14] x86/cpu: Prepare TSS.IST setup for guard pages Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-02 16:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 13/14] x86/cpu: Remove orig_ist array Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-31 21:40 ` [patch 14/14] x86/exceptions: Enable IST guard pages Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-02 10:19 ` [patch 15/14] x86/dumpstack/64: Speedup in_exception_stack() Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-02 15:43 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-04-02 15:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-02 15:51 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-04-02 15:53 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2019-04-03 8:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-03 8:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-03 15:11 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-04-02 16:11 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-04-02 18:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-02 19:29 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-03 0:36 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-04-03 16:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-03 19:42 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-04 0:03 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-04-02 19:02 ` Rasmus Villemoes
2019-04-02 19:21 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-03 8:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-01 4:03 ` [patch 00/14] x86/exceptions: Add guard patches to IST stacks Andy Lutomirski
2019-04-03 16:30 ` Thomas Gleixner
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