The current task doesn't need the scheduler's protection to unwind its own stack. Tested-by: Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean) <sforshee@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c index f1b25ec581e0..4d1f443778f7 100644 --- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c +++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c @@ -307,7 +307,11 @@ static bool klp_try_switch_task(struct task_struct *task) * functions. If all goes well, switch the task to the target patch * state. */ - ret = task_call_func(task, klp_check_and_switch_task, &old_name); + if (task == current) + ret = klp_check_and_switch_task(current, &old_name); + else + ret = task_call_func(task, klp_check_and_switch_task, &old_name); + switch (ret) { case 0: /* success */ break; -- 2.39.1