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    x86/apic: Prevent tracing on apic_msr_write_eoi() · 8ca22552
    Wanpeng Li authored
    The following RCU lockdep warning led to adding irq_enter()/irq_exit() into
    smp_reschedule_interrupt():
    
     RCU used illegally from idle CPU!
     rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
     RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state!
     no locks held by swapper/1/0.
     
      do_trace_write_msr
      native_write_msr
      native_apic_msr_eoi_write
      smp_reschedule_interrupt
      reschedule_interrupt
    
    As Peterz pointed out:
    
    | So now we're making a very frequent interrupt slower because of debug 
    | code.
    |
    | The thing is, many many smp_reschedule_interrupt() invocations don't
    | actually execute anything much at all and are only sent to tickle the
    | return to user path (which does the actual preemption).
    | 
    | Having to do the whole irq_enter/irq_exit dance just for this unlikely
    | debug case totally blows.
    
    Use the wrmsr_notrace() variant in native_apic_msr_write_eoi, annotate the
    kvm variant with notrace and add a native_apic_eoi callback to the apic
    structure so KVM guests are covered as well.
    
    This allows to revert the irq_enter/irq_exit dance in
    smp_reschedule_interrupt().
    Suggested-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Suggested-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarWanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
    Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
    Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
    Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1478488420-5982-3-git-send-email-wanpeng.li@hotmail.comSigned-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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