Scott Cheloha <scottchel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Secondary CPUs are still running at the top of sleep_state().  To
> disable _mcount with gmoninit we would need to wait until after
> secondary CPUs have halted to toggle it off, which is way further into
> sleep_state().

I suspect you are exaggerating the window of time when _mcount is
dangerous to call.

Disable it early, re-enable it late, and avoid trying to write a
complicated solution.

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