Re: [PATCH 03/17] x86, mpx: trace #BR exceptions

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Mon Mar 30 2015 - 17:33:37 EST


On 03/30/2015 02:25 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
...
>> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MPX
>> > +
>> > +TRACE_EVENT(bounds_exception_mpx,
...
>> > + TP_printk("bndcfgu:0x%llx bndstatus:0x%llx",
>> > + __entry->bndcfgu,
>> > + __entry->bndstatus)
>> > +);
>> > +
>> > +#else
>> > +
>> > +/*
>> > + * This gets used outside of MPX-specific code, so we need a stub.
>> > + */
> I'm a bit confused by this. What exactly is used outside of MPX-specific code?
> Does it break the build without this?

It gets used in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c. There's a point when we've
decided that the #BR exception is an MPX-specific one and that's where
we'd like the tracepoint to be.

Yes, it breaks the build without this.
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