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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/context_tracking.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c index 36a98c48aedc..3082332f6476 100644 --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c @@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ void noinstr __context_tracking_enter(enum ctx_state state) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__context_tracking_enter); +/* + * OBSOLETE: + * This function should be noinstr but the below local_irq_restore() is + * unsafe because it involves illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. + * This is unlikely to be fixed as this function is obsolete. The preferred + * way is to call __context_tracking_enter() through user_enter_irqoff() + * or context_tracking_guest_enter(). It should be the arch entry code + * responsibility to call into context tracking with IRQs disabled. + */ void context_tracking_enter(enum ctx_state state) { unsigned long flags; @@ -125,6 +134,14 @@ void context_tracking_enter(enum ctx_state state) NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(context_tracking_enter); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(context_tracking_enter); +/* + * OBSOLETE: + * This function should be noinstr but it unsafely calls local_irq_restore(), + * involving illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. + * This is unlikely to be fixed as this function is obsolete. The preferred + * way is to call user_enter_irqoff(). It should be the arch entry code + * responsibility to call into context tracking with IRQs disabled. + */ void context_tracking_user_enter(void) { user_enter(); @@ -168,6 +185,15 @@ void noinstr __context_tracking_exit(enum ctx_state state) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__context_tracking_exit); +/* + * OBSOLETE: + * This function should be noinstr but the below local_irq_save() is + * unsafe because it involves illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. + * This is unlikely to be fixed as this function is obsolete. The preferred + * way is to call __context_tracking_exit() through user_exit_irqoff() + * or context_tracking_guest_exit(). It should be the arch entry code + * responsibility to call into context tracking with IRQs disabled. + */ void context_tracking_exit(enum ctx_state state) { unsigned long flags; @@ -182,6 +208,14 @@ void context_tracking_exit(enum ctx_state state) NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(context_tracking_exit); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(context_tracking_exit); +/* + * OBSOLETE: + * This function should be noinstr but it unsafely calls local_irq_save(), + * involving illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. This is unlikely + * to be fixed as this function is obsolete. The preferred way is to call + * user_exit_irqoff(). It should be the arch entry code responsibility to + * call into context tracking with IRQs disabled. + */ void context_tracking_user_exit(void) { user_exit(); |