linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] perf/x86: implement cross-HT corruption bug workaround

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Message-ID: <20140605140452.GC16811@pd.tnic>
Date:	Thu, 5 Jun 2014 16:04:52 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Maria Dimakopoulou <maria.n.dimakopoulou@...il.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, ak@...ux.intel.com,
	jolsa@...hat.com, zheng.z.yan@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] perf/x86: implement cross-HT corruption bug
 workaround

On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 05:01:25PM +0300, Maria Dimakopoulou wrote:
> Are you saying it is illegal to call kmalloc() from
> this context?
> 
> kmalloc is needed because we need to allocate
> a new constraint struct since the static constraint
> cannot be modified.
> 
> Worst case we can statically allocate a second
> constraint struct in the event struct.

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

Please do not top-post.

Thanks.

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    Boris.

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