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SubjectRe: [PATCH] perf/x86/amd: Change NMI latency mitigation to use a timestamp
On Thu, 1 Aug 2019, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 11:34:23PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > Avoid the whole NMI mess, make the PMC interrupt a proper vector in the
> > highest prio bucket and instead of using CLI/STI use CR8. That would have
> > the additional advantage that we could prevent perf "NMI" then occsionally :)
>
> Exactly, and not only the PMC, we can basically start giving out actual
> vectors on register_nmi_handler() and do away with all that shared line
> crap.
>
> And then the actual NMI line will be mostly empty again, and it can read
> its stupid slow reason port again.
>
> One complication though; IRET et al only do EFLAGS, not CR8, so that's
> going to be massive fun :-(
>
> Did I say I hates the x86 interrupt scheme?

You're not alone.

That stuff definitely violates article 3 of the Convention for the
Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.


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