objtool now warns about it: vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: enter_from_user_mode+0x4e: Non __ro_after_init static key "context_tracking_key" in .noinstr section vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: enter_from_user_mode+0x50: Non __ro_after_init static key "context_tracking_key" in .noinstr section vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x60: Non __ro_after_init static key "context_tracking_key" in .noinstr section vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x62: Non __ro_after_init static key "context_tracking_key" in .noinstr section [...] The key can only be enabled (and not disabled) in the __init function ct_cpu_tracker_user(), so mark it as __ro_after_init. Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/context_tracking.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c index 6ef0b35fc28c5..cc4f3a57f848c 100644 --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ static __always_inline void ct_kernel_enter(bool user, int offset) { } #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS #include <trace/events/context_tracking.h> -DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(context_tracking_key); +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE_RO(context_tracking_key); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(context_tracking_key); static noinstr bool context_tracking_recursion_enter(void) -- 2.31.1