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Kyle Huey b9894a2f5b x86/process: Correct and optimize TIF_BLOCKSTEP switch
The debug control MSR is "highly magical" as the blockstep bit can be
cleared by hardware under not well documented circumstances.

So a task switch relying on the bit set by the previous task (according to
the previous tasks thread flags) can trip over this and not update the flag
for the next task.

To fix this its required to handle DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF when either the previous
or the next or both tasks have the TIF_BLOCKSTEP flag set.

While at it avoid branching within the TIF_BLOCKSTEP case and evaluating
boot_cpu_data twice in kernels without CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR.

x86_64: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text	data	bss	dec	 hex
3024    8577    16      11617    2d61	Before
3008	8577	16	11601	 2d51	After

i386: No change

[ tglx: Made the shift value explicit, use a local variable to make the
code readable and massaged changelog]

Originally-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey <khuey@kylehuey.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170214081104.9244-3-khuey@kylehuey.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2017-03-11 12:45:18 +01:00
arch x86/process: Correct and optimize TIF_BLOCKSTEP switch 2017-03-11 12:45:18 +01:00
block blk: improve order of bio handling in generic_make_request() 2017-03-08 10:55:17 -07:00
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crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2017-03-04 10:42:53 -08:00
Documentation USB fixes for 4.11-rc2 2017-03-11 00:08:39 -08:00
drivers TTY/Serial fixes for 4.11-rc2 2017-03-11 00:20:12 -08:00
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fs Merge branch 'prep-for-5level' 2017-03-10 08:59:07 -08:00
include A fix for the recently discovered misdirected requests bug present in 2017-03-10 11:05:47 -08:00
init sched/headers: Prepare to move _init() prototypes from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/init.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:40 +01:00
ipc Merge branch 'WIP.sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-03 10:16:38 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-03-10 08:34:42 -08:00
lib mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
mm Merge branch 'prep-for-5level' 2017-03-10 08:59:07 -08:00
net libceph: osd_request_timeout option 2017-03-07 14:30:38 +01:00
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scripts Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-03-10 08:34:42 -08:00
security Merge branch 'WIP.sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-03 10:16:38 -08:00
sound scripts/spelling.txt: add "disble(d)" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-03-09 17:01:09 -08:00
tools userfaultfd: selftest: vm: allow to build in vm/ directory 2017-03-09 17:01:10 -08:00
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virt Second batch of KVM changes for 4.11 merge window 2017-03-04 11:36:19 -08:00
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Makefile Linux 4.11-rc1 2017-03-05 12:59:56 -08:00
README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.