linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v9 2/3] trace,x86: add x86 irq vector tracepoints

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Date:	Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:45:58 +0000
From:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner (tglx@...utronix.de)" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"'mingo@...e.hu' (mingo@...e.hu)" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Borislav Petkov (bp@...en8.de)" <bp@...en8.de>,
	Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@....com>,
	"dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Luck, Tony (tony.luck@...el.com)" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v9 2/3] trace,x86: add x86 irq vector tracepoints

> > Not-yet-signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> >
> > ... so I was holding off on doing anything with it.
> 
> Heh, and I was waiting for comments from you before doing anything further with it ;-)
> 
> Email review deadlock!

So, how do you plan to push ahead with this patch?

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/1/532

<snip>
I think I got all the cases, as NMIs causes the store/restore functions to be re-entrent without any locks.
<snip>

Steven, 
if you think you got all the cases, you can do more testing.
What is your concern?

I hope this patch will be included in 3.9.

Seiji



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