Re: [PATCH 1/2] ftrace: disable preemption on the testing of recursion

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On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:40:08 +0800
王贇 <yun.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> @@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip,
>  	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().
> -	 */

I have to take a deeper look at this patch set, but do not remove this
comment, as it explains the protection here, that is not obvious with the
changes you made.

-- Steve


> -	preempt_disable_notrace();
> 
>  	func = list_first_or_null_rcu(&ops->func_stack, struct klp_func,
>  				      stack_node);



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