linux-kernel - Re: Kernel broken on processors without performance counters

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:53:09 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Jason Baron <jasonbaron0@...il.com>,
	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Vince Weaver <vince@...ter.net>,
	"hillf.zj" <hillf.zj@...baba-inc.com>,
	Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel broken on processors without performance counters

On Tue, 21 Jul 2015, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 05:43:27PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > > +#define static_branch_inc(_k)	static_key_slow_inc(&(_k)->key)
> > > > +#define static_branch_dec(_k)	static_key_slow_dec(&(_k)->key)
> > 
> > Inlines please
> > 
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Normal usage; boolean enable/disable.
> > > > + */
> > > > +
> > > > +#define static_branch_enable(_k)	static_key_enable(&(_k)->key)
> > > > +#define static_branch_disable(_k)	static_key_disable(&(_k)->key)
> > 
> > Ditto
> > 
> > All in all much more understandable than the existing horror.
> 
> They cannot in fact be inlines because we play type tricks. Note how _k
> can be either struct static_likely_key or struct static_unlikely_key.

Indeed. Care to add a comment?

Thanks,

	tglx

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