linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] x86 NMI-safe INT3 and Page Fault (v5)

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Message-ID: <87od889m44.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:01:47 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, akpm@...l.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] x86 NMI-safe INT3 and Page Fault (v5)

Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org> writes:
>
> It allows placing immediate values (and therefore optimized trace_marks) in NMI
> code

Only if all your trace_mark infrastructure is lock less.

-Andi

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