linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/3] x86, bts: clear bts bits on fork

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Message-ID: <20081216171801.GA11683@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:18:01 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	markus.t.metzger@...il.com, roland@...hat.com,
	eranian@...glemail.com
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] x86, bts: clear bts bits on fork


* Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com> wrote:

> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_DS
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS
>  	/* Free any BTS tracers that have not been properly released. */
>  	if (unlikely(current->bts)) {
>  		ds_release_bts(current->bts);
> @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
>  		current->bts_buffer = NULL;
>  		current->bts_size = 0;
>  	}
> -#endif /* CONFIG_X86_DS */

Please eliminate the #ifdef from here by introducing a helper function - 
possibly inlined.

> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_DS
> +	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_DS_AREA_MSR);
> +	p->thread.ds_ctx = NULL;
> +#endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS
> +	p->thread.bts_ovfl_signal = 0;
> +#endif

ditto.

> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS
> +	p->bts = NULL;
> +	p->bts_buffer = NULL;
> +	p->bts_size = 0;
> +#endif

this one too please.

There's generally little reason to put #ifdefs into .c files.

	Ingo
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