linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/6] x86/mce: Remove explicit/superfluous tracing

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Message-ID: <20210106144017.719310466@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:36:24 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        rdunlap@...radead.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com, sfr@...b.auug.org.au,
        tony.luck@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] x86/mce: Remove explicit/superfluous tracing

There's some explicit tracing left in exc_machine_check_kernel(),
remove it, as it's already implied by irqentry_nmi_enter().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
@@ -1992,10 +1992,9 @@ static __always_inline void exc_machine_
 	 * that out because it's an indirect call. Annotate it.
 	 */
 	instrumentation_begin();
-	trace_hardirqs_off_finish();
+
 	machine_check_vector(regs);
-	if (regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF)
-		trace_hardirqs_on_prepare();
+
 	instrumentation_end();
 	irqentry_nmi_exit(regs, irq_state);
 }
@@ -2004,7 +2003,9 @@ static __always_inline void exc_machine_
 {
 	irqentry_enter_from_user_mode(regs);
 	instrumentation_begin();
+
 	machine_check_vector(regs);
+
 	instrumentation_end();
 	irqentry_exit_to_user_mode(regs);
 }