On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 2:44 PM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > > > > If not, I would do something like this: > > > > > > > > ---8<----------------------- > > > > > > > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c > > > > index 79aea7df4345..23c2303de9f4 100644 > > > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c > > > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c > > > > @@ -3435,11 +3435,12 @@ static int rcu_blocking_is_gp(void) > > > > { > > > > int ret; > > > > > > > > + might_sleep(); /* Check for RCU read-side critical section. */ > > > > + > > > > // Invoking preempt_model_*() too early gets a splat. > > > > if (rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE || > > > > preempt_model_full() || preempt_model_rt()) > > > > return rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE; > > If the scheduler is inactive (early boot with interrupts disabled), > we return here. > > > > > - might_sleep(); /* Check for RCU read-side critical section. */ > > We get here only if the scheduler has started, and even then only in > preemption-disabled kernels. > > Or is you concern that the might_sleep() never gets invoked in kernels > with preemption enabled? Fixing that would require a slightly different > patch, though. > > Or should I have waited until tomorrow to respond to this email? ;-) No, I think you are quite right. I was not referring to rcu_sleep_check(), but rather the following prints in might_sleep(). I see an unconditional call to might_sleep() from kvfree_call_rcu() but not one from synchronize_rcu() which can also sleep. But I see your point, early boot code has interrupts disabled, but can still totally call synchronize_rcu() when the scheduler is INACTIVE. And might_sleep() might bitterly complain. Thanks for the clarification. pr_err("BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at %s:%d\n", file, line); pr_err("in_atomic(): %d, irqs_disabled(): %d, non_block: %d, pid: %d, name: %s\n", in_atomic(), irqs_disabled(), current->non_block_count, current->pid, current->comm); pr_err("preempt_count: %x, expected: %x\n", preempt_count(), offsets & MIGHT_RESCHED_PREEMPT_MASK); Thanks, - Joel > > > > /* > > > > * If the rcu_state.n_online_cpus counter is equal to one,