Re: [patch 1/2] x86_64 page fault NMI-safe

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Jul 14 2010 - 16:07:55 EST


> > In fact I'm pretty sure it worked originally. Perhaps it regressed?
>
> I'd first ask the obvious to Perf authors: does perf issue vmalloc_sync_all()
> between percpu data allocation and tracing activation ? The generic ring buffer
> library I posted last week does it already as a precaution for this very
> specific reason (making sure NMIs never trigger page faults).

I suspect the low level per cpu allocation functions should
just call it.

-Andi

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