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Commit a1a5482a authored by Peter Zijlstra's avatar Peter Zijlstra
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x86/extable: Fix ex_handler_msr() print condition



On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 02:08:52PM +0300, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Some changes to the way invalid MSR accesses are reported by the
> kernel is causing some problems with messages printed on the
> console.
>
> We have seen several cases of ex_handler_msr() printing invalid MSR
> accesses once but the callstack multiple times causing confusion on
> the console.

> The problem here is that another earlier commit (5.13):
>
> a358f406 ("once: implement DO_ONCE_LITE for non-fast-path "do once" functionality")
>
> Modifies all the pr_*_once() calls to always return true claiming
> that no caller is ever checking the return value of the functions.
>
> This is why we are seeing the callstack printed without the
> associated printk() msg.

Extract the ONCE_IF(cond) part into __ONCE_LTE_IF() and use that to
implement DO_ONCE_LITE_IF() and fix the extable code.

Fixes: a358f406 ("once: implement DO_ONCE_LITE for non-fast-path "do once" functionality")
Reported-by: default avatarStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: default avatarStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YqyVFsbviKjVGGZ9@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net
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