linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/8] x86: Split syscall_trace

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Message-ID: <20140729181615.GA4950@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:16:15 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
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	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/8] x86: Split syscall_trace_enter into two phases

On 07/29, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think so (unless I am confused again), note that user_exit() uses
> > jump label. But this doesn't matter. I meant that we should avoid TIF_NOHZ
> > if possible because I think it should die somehow (currently I do not know
> > how ;). And because it is ugly to check the same condition twice:
> >
> >         if (work & TIF_NOHZ) {
> >                 // user_exit()
> >                 if (context_tracking_is_enabled())
> >                         context_tracking_user_exit();
> >         }
> >
> > TIF_NOHZ is set if and only if context_tracking_is_enabled() is true.
> > So I think that
> >
> >         work = current_thread_info()->flags & (_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY & ~TIF_NOHZ);
> >
> >         user_exit();
> >
> > looks a bit better. But I won't argue.
>
> I don't get it.

Don't worry, you are not alone.

> context_tracking_is_enabled is global, and TIF_NOHZ
> is per-task.  Isn't this stuff determined per-task or per-cpu or
> something?
>
> IOW, if one CPU is running something that's very heavily
> userspace-oriented and another CPU is doing something syscall- or
> sleep-heavy, then shouldn't only the first CPU end up paying the price
> of context tracking?

Please see another email I sent to Frederic.

Oleg.

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