linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: Reset the debug

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Date:	Thu, 31 May 2012 12:19:23 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: Reset the debug_stack update counter

On 05/30/2012 06:28 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c index
> 9087527..c1fffc5 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c +++
> b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c @@ -450,8 +450,10 @@ static inline void
> nmi_nesting_preprocess(struct pt_regs *regs)
> 
> static inline void nmi_nesting_postprocess(void) { -	if
> (unlikely(__get_cpu_var(update_debug_stack))) +	if
> (unlikely(__get_cpu_var(update_debug_stack))) { 
> debug_stack_reset(); +		__get_cpu_var(update_debug_stack) = 0; +	} 
> } #endif
> 

Please don't use __get_cpu_var(); it causes a pointer to be manifest,
which is free or almost free on most architectures but quite expensive
on x86.

Instead use this_cpu_read()/this_cpu_write().

Consider:

#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>

static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, percpu_test);

int read_foo(void)
{
	return __get_cpu_var(percpu_test);
}

void write_foo(int x)
{
	__get_cpu_var(percpu_test) = x;
}

int read_bar(void)
{
	return this_cpu_read(percpu_test);
}

void write_bar(int x)
{
	this_cpu_write(percpu_test, x);
}

... and the corresponding assembly code (with gcc boilerplate removed):

read_foo:
        movq    $percpu_test, %rax      #, tcp_ptr__
        add %gs:this_cpu_off, %rax      # this_cpu_off, tcp_ptr__
        movl    (%rax), %eax    # *D.8429_3, *D.8429_3
        ret

write_foo:
        movq    $percpu_test, %rax      #, tcp_ptr__
        add %gs:this_cpu_off, %rax      # this_cpu_off, tcp_ptr__
        movl    %edi, (%rax)    # x, *D.8435_3
        ret

read_bar:
        movl %gs:percpu_test,%eax       # percpu_test, pfo_ret__

write_bar:
        movl %edi,%gs:percpu_test       # x, percpu_test
        ret

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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