Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] x86/apic: x2apic write eoi msr notrace

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Oct 28 2016 - 12:43:00 EST


On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 12:38:42PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:

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> This patch converts x2apic write eoi msr to notrace to avoid the debug
> codes splash and reverts irq_enter/irq_exit dance to avoid to make a very
> frequent interrupt slower because of debug code.
>
> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

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> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> index edbbfc8..d230513 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static void kvm_register_steal_time(void)
>
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, kvm_apic_eoi) = KVM_PV_EOI_DISABLED;
>
> -static void kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write(u32 reg, u32 val)
> +notrace static void kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write(u32 reg, u32 val)

WARNING: storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration
#107: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c:311:
+notrace static void kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write(u32 reg, u32 val)

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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