linux/arch/x86
Lai Jiangshan e9d9df4473 ftrace: protect running nmi (V3)
When I review the sensitive code ftrace_nmi_enter(), I found
the atomic variable nmi_running does protect NMI VS do_ftrace_mod_code(),
but it can not protects NMI(entered nmi) VS NMI(ftrace_nmi_enter()).

cpu#1                   | cpu#2                 | cpu#3
ftrace_nmi_enter()      | do_ftrace_mod_code()  |
  not modify            |                       |
------------------------|-----------------------|--
executing               | set mod_code_write = 1|
executing             --|-----------------------|--------------------
executing               |                       | ftrace_nmi_enter()
executing               |                       |    do modify
------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------
ftrace_nmi_exit()       |                       |

cpu#3 may be being modified the code which is still being executed on cpu#1,
it will have undefined results and possibly take a GPF, this patch
prevents it occurred.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
LKML-Reference: <49C0B411.30003@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
2009-03-18 20:36:59 -04:00
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boot x86: remove zImage support 2009-03-11 11:00:00 -07:00
configs Merge branches 'x86/apic', 'x86/defconfig', 'x86/memtest', 'x86/mm' and 'linus' into x86/core 2009-02-26 06:31:32 +01:00
crypto crypto: crc32c-intel - Switch to shash 2008-12-25 11:01:37 +11:00
ia32 x86: ia32_signal: introduce {get|set}_user_seg() 2009-02-22 17:54:47 +01:00
include/asm Merge branch 'x86/asm' into tracing/syscalls 2009-03-14 09:44:08 +01:00
kernel ftrace: protect running nmi (V3) 2009-03-18 20:36:59 -04:00
kvm Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/blktrace 2009-02-19 09:00:35 +01:00
lguest Merge branches 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/kexec', 'x86/mce2' and 'linus' into x86/core 2009-03-11 10:49:15 +01:00
lib x86: memcpy, clean up 2009-03-12 12:21:17 +01:00
math-emu Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/core 2009-03-05 21:48:50 +01:00
mm Merge branch 'x86/asm' into tracing/syscalls 2009-03-14 09:44:08 +01:00
oprofile x86: oprofile: don't set counter width from cpuid on Core2 2009-03-03 12:04:22 +01:00
pci x86, apic: remove genapic.h 2009-02-17 17:52:44 +01:00
power x86: use _types.h headers in asm where available 2009-02-13 11:35:01 -08:00
vdso x86, mm: rename TASK_SIZE64 => TASK_SIZE_MAX 2009-02-21 00:09:44 +01:00
video
xen Merge branch 'x86/core' into core/percpu 2009-03-04 02:29:19 +01:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'x86/asm' into tracing/syscalls 2009-03-14 09:44:08 +01:00
Kconfig.cpu Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into core/percpu 2009-02-10 00:41:02 +01:00
Kconfig.debug Merge branch 'linus' into x86/apic 2009-02-22 20:05:19 +01:00
Makefile Merge branch 'core/percpu' into x86/core 2009-02-13 09:45:09 +01:00
Makefile_32.cpu x86: merge winchip-2 and winchip-2a cpu choices 2008-10-13 10:22:48 +02:00