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Enabling MSR[EE] in interrupt handlers while interrupts are still soft masked allows PMIs to profile interrupt handlers to some degree, beyond what SIAR latching allows. When perf is not being used, this is almost useless work. It requires an extra mtmsrd in the irq handler, and it also opens the door to masked interrupts hitting and requiring replay, which is more expensive than just taking them directly. This effect can be noticable in high IRQ workloads. Avoid enabling MSR[EE] unless perf is currently in use. This saves about 60 cycles (or 8%) on a simple decrementer interrupt microbenchmark. Replayed interrupts drop from 1.4% of all interrupts taken, to 0.003%. This does prevent the soft-nmi interrupt being taken in these handlers, but that's not too reliable anyway. The SMP watchdog will continue to be the reliable way to catch lockups. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210922145452.352571-5-npiggin@gmail.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
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.