On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:29:23 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org> wrote:
> Commit 36dadef23fcc ("kprobes: Init kprobes in early_initcall")
> moved the kprobe setup in early_initcall(), which includes kprobe
> jump optimization.
> The kprobes jump optimizer involves synchronize_rcu_tasks() which
> depends on the ksoftirqd and rcu_spawn_tasks_*(). However, since
> those are setup in core_initcall(), kprobes jump optimizer can not
> run at the early_initcall().
>
> To avoid this issue, make the kprobe optimization disabled in the
> early_initcall() and enables it in subsys_initcall().
>
> Note that non-optimized kprobes is still available after
> early_initcall(). Only jump optimization is delayed.
>
> Fixes: 36dadef23fcc ("kprobes: Init kprobes in early_initcall")
> Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org>
> Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
> ---
>
I pulled this into my queue to be tested, and when that completes
(hopefully without failure), I'll add this to my pull request for the
current merge window (which I still need to send).
Thanks!
-- Steve
