Re: [PATCH 1/5] x86: Implement __WARN using UD0

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:32:52AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 04:14:46PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > > +static int fixup_bug(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	if (trapnr != X86_TRAP_UD)
> > > > +		return 0;
> > > > +
> > > > +	switch (report_bug(regs->ip, regs)) {
> > > > +	case BUG_TRAP_TYPE_NONE:
> > > > +	case BUG_TRAP_TYPE_BUG:
> > > > +		break;
> > > > +
> > > > +	case BUG_TRAP_TYPE_WARN:
> > > > +		regs->ip += 2;
> > > > +		return 1;
> > > 
> > > For self-documentation purposes, maybe use a define for the length of
> > > the ud0 instruction?
> > 
> > Well, UD0 and UD2 really. LENGTH_UD0_OR_UD2 is a bit of a fail, name
> > wise.
> 
> Why UD2?  Warnings are UD0-only, no?  What about UD0_LEN?  Or at least a
> comment would be helpful I think.

Oh, right, we only resume on WARN,.. Doh.