Re: [PATCH v4 28/39] unwind_user/deferred: Add deferred unwinding interface

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 02:44:20PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 06:31:20PM -0800, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> 
> > +/* entry-from-user counter */
> > +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, unwind_ctx_ctr);
> 
> AFAICT from the below, this thing does *not* count entry-from-user. It
> might count a subset, but I need to stare longer.

Right, it's a subset.  Something like so:

/*
 * This is a unique percpu identifier for a given task entry context.
 * Conceptually, it's incremented every time the CPU enters the kernel from
 * user space, so that each "entry context" on the CPU gets a unique ID.  In
 * reality, as an optimization, it's only incremented on demand for the first
 * deferred unwind request after a given entry-from-user.
 *
 * It's combined with the CPU id to make a systemwide-unique "context cookie".
 */
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, unwind_ctx_ctr);

-- 
Josh