linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 x86 1/2] fix page faults by nmiaction in nmi if kmemcheck is enabled

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Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2012 16:45:45 -0500
From:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, paulus@...ba.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 x86 1/2]  fix page faults by nmiaction in nmi if
 kmemcheck is enabled

On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 06:49:07PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 18:05 +0800, Li Zhong wrote:
> > +static struct nmiaction arch_trigger_all_cpu_bt_nmiaction = {
> > +       .handler        = arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace_handler,
> > +       .name           = "arch_bt",
> > +};
> > +
> >  static int __init register_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
> >  {
> > -       register_nmi_handler(NMI_LOCAL, arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace_handler,
> > -                               0, "arch_bt");
> > +       register_nmi_handler(NMI_LOCAL, &arch_trigger_all_cpu_bt_nmiaction);
> >         return 0;
> >  } 
> 
> If you look at things like cpu_notifier() you can shorten this still:
> 
> #define nmi_notifier(t, fn, n)				\
> do {							\
> 	static struct nmiaction fn##_na = {		\
> 		.handler = (fn),			\
> 		.name = (n),				\
> 	};						\
> 	register_nmi_handler((t), &fn##_na);		\
> } while (0)
> 
> The whole thing then becomes:
> 
>   nmi_notifier(NMI_LOCAL, arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace_handler, "arch_bt");

Hi Li,

I would be open to this suggestion.  If you want to modify the patch for
this approach.

Cheers,
Don
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