@@ -257,14 +257,13 @@ static bool ftrace_find_callable_addr(struct dyn_ftrace *rec,
* dealing with an out-of-range condition, we can assume it
* is due to a module being loaded far away from the kernel.
*
- * NOTE: __module_text_address() must be called with preemption
- * disabled, but we can rely on ftrace_lock to ensure that 'mod'
+ * NOTE: __module_text_address() must be called within a RCU read
+ * section, but we can rely on ftrace_lock to ensure that 'mod'
* retains its validity throughout the remainder of this code.
*/
if (!mod) {
- preempt_disable();
+ guard(rcu)();
mod = __module_text_address(pc);
- preempt_enable();
}
if (WARN_ON(!mod))
__module_text_address() can be invoked within a RCU section, there is no requirement to have preemption disabled. Replace the preempt_disable() section around __module_text_address() with RCU. Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> --- arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)