On 21/09/2015 10:46, Ingo Molnar wrote: > Or we could extend exception table entry encoding to include a 'warning bit', > to > not bloat the kernel. If the exception handler code encounters such an > exception > it would generate a one-time warning for that entry, but otherwise not crash > the > kernel and continue execution with an all-zeroes result for the MSR read.
The 'warning bit' already exists, it is the opcode that caused the fault. :) The concern about bloat is a good one. However, why is it necessary to keep native_*_msr* inline? If they are moved out-of-line, using the exception table becomes the obvious solution and doesn't cause bloat anymore. Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
