Re: [PATCH] arm64: Initialize jump labels before setup_machine_fdt()

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Thu Jun 02 2022 - 15:43:42 EST


Hi Catalin,

On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 9:41 PM Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 19:21:09 -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > A static key warning splat appears during early boot on arm64 systems
> > that credit randomness from devicetrees that contain an "rng-seed"
> > property. This is because setup_machine_fdt() is called before
> > jump_label_init() during setup_arch(). Let's swap the order of these two
> > calls so that jump labels are initialized before the devicetree is
> > unflattened and the rng seed is credited.
> >
> > [...]
>
> Applied to arm64 (for-next/core), thanks!
>
> [1/1] arm64: Initialize jump labels before setup_machine_fdt()
> https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/73e2d827a501

I'm not sure precisely what your for-next tag corresponds to, but just
FYI, this should probably go into 5.19 asap and be marked for stable@.

Jason