context_tracking: Add a note about noinstr VS unsafe context tracking functions
authorFrederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Wed, 8 Jun 2022 14:40:19 +0000 (16:40 +0200)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:05:27 +0000 (10:05 -0700)
commitf67671baadf6dbae8eca46cb95e85b762e462b2b
treefa701fbb194f99c41d7ef06682fe3d492efa1933
parent5f8a62af527ad8a615d68889d816b72c3f5f227f
context_tracking: Add a note about noinstr VS unsafe context tracking functions

Some context tracking functions enter or exit into/from RCU idle mode
while using trace-able and lockdep-aware IRQs (un-)masking. As a result
those functions can't get tagged as noinstr. This is unlikely to be
fixed since these are obsolete APIs. Drop a note about this matter.

[ paulmck: Apply Peter Zijlstra feedback. ]

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <uladzislau.rezki@sony.com>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@kernel.org>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com>
Cc: Yu Liao <liaoyu15@huawei.com>
Cc: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker<paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: Alex Belits <abelits@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com>
kernel/context_tracking.c