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authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-11-06 21:49:33 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-11-06 21:49:33 +0300
commit7f9f879243d6cf5d2d60d12065e93189cc343387 (patch)
treee74619a16f8291f7225ee9877cf93e530243e0d3 /kernel/livepatch/patch.c
parent32f7aa2731b24ad8393f26d63df959d74844345f (diff)
parentfe91c4725aeed35023ba4f7a1e1adfebb6878c23 (diff)
downloadlinux-7f9f879243d6cf5d2d60d12065e93189cc343387.tar.xz
Merge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf/core
To pick up some tools/perf/ patches that went via tip/perf/core, such as: tools/perf: Add mem_hops field in perf_mem_data_src structure Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/patch.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/patch.c12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
index e8029aea67f1..fe316c021d73 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
@@ -49,14 +49,15 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip,
ops = container_of(fops, struct klp_ops, fops);
+ /*
+ * The ftrace_test_recursion_trylock() will disable preemption,
+ * which is required for the variant of synchronize_rcu() that is
+ * used to allow patching functions where RCU is not watching.
+ * See klp_synchronize_transition() for more details.
+ */
bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(bit < 0))
return;
- /*
- * A variant of synchronize_rcu() is used to allow patching functions
- * where RCU is not watching, see klp_synchronize_transition().
- */
- preempt_disable_notrace();
func = list_first_or_null_rcu(&ops->func_stack, struct klp_func,
stack_node);
@@ -120,7 +121,6 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip,
klp_arch_set_pc(fregs, (unsigned long)func->new_func);
unlock:
- preempt_enable_notrace();
ftrace_test_recursion_unlock(bit);
}