linux-kernel - Re: [patch 15/41] x86/idt: Remove tracing idt completely

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Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:18:58 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 15/41] x86/idt: Remove tracing idt completely

On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:31:18 +0200
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> No more users of the tracing idt. All exception tracepoints have been moved
> into the regular handlers. Get rid of the mess which shouldn't have been
> created in the first place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S         |   12 -----
>  arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S         |   13 ------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h       |   82 ++------------------------------------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h |   14 ++----
>  arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h     |   20 ---------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h    |    3 -
>  arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c      |   43 -------------------
>  arch/x86/kernel/traps.c           |    6 --
>  8 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 179 deletions(-)

> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h
> @@ -13,20 +13,16 @@
>  BUILD_INTERRUPT(reschedule_interrupt,RESCHEDULE_VECTOR)
>  BUILD_INTERRUPT(call_function_interrupt,CALL_FUNCTION_VECTOR)
>  BUILD_INTERRUPT(call_function_single_interrupt,CALL_FUNCTION_SINGLE_VECTOR)
> -BUILD_INTERRUPT3(irq_move_cleanup_interrupt, IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR,
> -		 smp_irq_move_cleanup_interrupt)
> -BUILD_INTERRUPT3(reboot_interrupt, REBOOT_VECTOR, smp_reboot_interrupt)
> +BUILD_INTERRUPT(irq_move_cleanup_interrupt, IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR)
> +BUILD_INTERRUPT(reboot_interrupt, REBOOT_VECTOR)
>  #endif
>  
>  BUILD_INTERRUPT(x86_platform_ipi, X86_PLATFORM_IPI_VECTOR)
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM
> -BUILD_INTERRUPT3(kvm_posted_intr_ipi, POSTED_INTR_VECTOR,
> -		 smp_kvm_posted_intr_ipi)
> -BUILD_INTERRUPT3(kvm_posted_intr_wakeup_ipi, POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR,
> -		 smp_kvm_posted_intr_wakeup_ipi)
> -BUILD_INTERRUPT3(kvm_posted_intr_nested_ipi, POSTED_INTR_NESTED_VECTOR,
> -		 smp_kvm_posted_intr_nested_ipi)
> +BUILD_INTERRUPT(kvm_posted_intr_ipi, POSTED_INTR_VECTOR)
> +BUILD_INTERRUPT(kvm_posted_intr_wakeup_ipi, POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR)
> +BUILD_INTERRUPT(kvm_posted_intr_nested_ipi, POSTED_INTR_NESTED_VECTOR)
>  #endif


This looks like a different change than what is specified in the change
log. It looks like a clean up. Shouldn't it be a separate patch?

-- Steve