Re: [BUG v6.0-rc2] lockdep splat on ct_kernel_enter()

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:01:34PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:40:24 -0400
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > And this patch (which is wrong, but will at least let my tests finish
> > testing my code) makes the warning go away.
> 
> Well that patch was against the broken commit, but this patch against
> 6.0-rc2 works for me, albeit, it's still wrong ;-)

It does sort of defeat the original purpose.  But maybe it is what is
needed in the near term?

Frederic, thoughts?

							Thanx, Paul

> -- Steve
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
> index 77978e372377..17201159f3df 100644
> --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
> +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
> @@ -330,13 +330,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ct_idle_enter);
>   * If you add or remove a call to ct_idle_exit(), be sure to test with
>   * CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG=y.
>   */
> -void noinstr ct_idle_exit(void)
> +void ct_idle_exit(void)
>  {
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  
> -	raw_local_irq_save(flags);
> +	local_irq_save(flags);
>  	ct_kernel_enter(false, RCU_DYNTICKS_IDX - CONTEXT_IDLE);
> -	raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ct_idle_exit);
>