x86/tracing: comment need for atomic nop
The dynamic function tracer relys on the macro P6_NOP5 always being an atomic NOP. If for some reason it is changed to be two operations (like a nop2 nop3) it can faults within the kernel when the function tracer modifies the code. This patch adds a comment to note that the P6_NOPs are expected to be atomic. This will hopefully prevent anyone from changing that. Reported-by: Mathieu Desnoyer <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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