BPF does not require preemption disable. It only requires to stay on the same CPU while running a program. Reflect this by replacing preempt_disable/enable() with migrate_disable/enable() pairs. On a non-RT kernel this maps to preempt_disable/enable(). Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ unsigned int trace_call_bpf(struct trace if (in_nmi()) /* not supported yet */ return 1; - preempt_disable(); + migrate_disable(); if (unlikely(__this_cpu_inc_return(bpf_prog_active) != 1)) { /* @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ unsigned int trace_call_bpf(struct trace out: __this_cpu_dec(bpf_prog_active); - preempt_enable(); + migrate_enable(); return ret; }