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Subject[RFC][PATCH 2/3] x86: Document the NMI handler about not using paranoid_exit
From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>

Linus cleaned up the NMI handler but it still needs some comments to
explain why it uses save_paranoid but not paranoid_exit. Just to keep
others from adding that in the future, document why it's not used.

Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 9 ++++++++-
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index 3819ea9..d1d5434 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1480,9 +1480,16 @@ END(error_exit)
ENTRY(nmi)
INTR_FRAME
PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME
- pushq_cfi $-1
+ pushq_cfi $-1 /* ORIG_RAX: no syscall to restart */
subq $ORIG_RAX-R15, %rsp
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET ORIG_RAX-R15
+ /*
+ * Use save_paranoid to handle SWAPGS, but no need to use paranoid_exit
+ * as we should not be calling schedule in NMI context.
+ * Even with normal interrupts enabled. An NMI should not be
+ * setting NEED_RESCHED or anything that normal interrupts and
+ * exceptions might do.
+ */
call save_paranoid
DEFAULT_FRAME 0
/* paranoidentry do_nmi, 0; without TRACE_IRQS_OFF */
--
1.7.7.3



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