Re: [PATCH 03/21] rcu: Add a note about noinstr VS unsafe eqs functions

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 05:00:26PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 12:00:33PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > @@ -895,6 +899,10 @@ static void noinstr rcu_eqs_exit(bool user)
> >   *
> >   * If you add or remove a call to rcu_idle_exit(), be sure to test with
> >   * CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG=y.
> > + *
> > + * FIXME: This function should be noinstr but the below local_irq_save() is
> > + * unsafe because it involves illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep.
> > + * This must be fixed first.
> >   */
> >  void rcu_idle_exit(void)
> >  {
> 
> Urgh, except this one... I'm sure I fixed that at some point. Clearly
> that never made it in :/

I found my patches and brushed them off, see here:

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220519212750.656413111@xxxxxxxxxxxxx