linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: work around an erratum on fast string copy instructions.

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Date:   Fri, 18 Feb 2022 23:05:53 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Jue Wang <juew@...gle.com>
Cc:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mce: work around an erratum on fast string copy
 instructions.

Hmm,

do we really need that printk in there?

If so, we can sandwich around it with nstrumentation_begin() and _end()...

20-11-56-randconfig-x86_64-23931-clang.log:1:vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: quirk_skylake_repmov()+0x9a: call to _printk() leaves .noinstr.text section
20-11-56-randconfig-x86_64-23931.log:1:vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: quirk_skylake_repmov()+0xab: call to _printk() leaves .noinstr.text section
20-31-21-randconfig-x86_64-24082-clang.log:2:vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: quirk_skylake_repmov()+0x7d: call to _printk() leaves .noinstr.text section
20-31-21-randconfig-x86_64-24082.log:1:vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: quirk_skylake_repmov()+0x87: call to _printk() leaves .noinstr.text section
20-33-22-randconfig-x86_64-11836-clang.log:2:vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: quirk_skylake_repmov()+0x9a: call to _printk() leaves .noinstr.text section
...

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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