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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Cc: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>,
	"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: static_branch_enable() does not work from a __init function?
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:23:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201216132312.GA3021@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201216131016.GC13751@linux-8ccs>

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 02:10:16PM +0100, Jessica Yu wrote:
> +++ Peter Zijlstra [16/12/20 13:47 +0100]:

> > Only because we're having .init=false, incorrectly. See the other email.
> 
> Ah yeah, you're right. I also misread the intention of the if
> conditional :/ If we're currently running an init function it's fine,
> but after that it will be unsafe.

Exactly, seeing how it'll end up being freed and such ;-)

> Btw, your patch seems to work for me, using the test module provided
> by Dexuan.

Ah, excellent. I couldn't be bothered to figure out how to build a
module ;-)

I'll add your Tested-by and go queue it for /urgent I suppose.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-16 13:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-16  3:54 static_branch_enable() does not work from a __init function? Dexuan Cui
2020-12-16  9:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-16 10:59   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-16 13:30     ` [RFC][PATCH] jump_label/static_call: Add MAINTAINERS Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-16 13:42       ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-16 14:23         ` Steven Rostedt
2020-12-16 16:19         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-12-16 16:19         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-12-16 21:16         ` Jason Baron
2020-12-16 13:54     ` [PATCH] jump_label: Fix usage in module __init Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-16 16:36       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-12-16 20:45     ` static_branch_enable() does not work from a __init function? Dexuan Cui
2020-12-16 11:55   ` Jessica Yu
2020-12-16 12:47     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-16 13:10       ` Jessica Yu
2020-12-16 13:23         ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2020-12-16 13:27           ` Jessica Yu
2020-12-16 12:38   ` Jessica Yu

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