Re: [BUG] workqueues and printk not playing nice since next-20240130

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Mon Feb 05 2024 - 08:25:34 EST


On (24/02/05 14:07), Petr Mladek wrote:
> > Good point, if it does recur, I could try it on bare metal.
>
> Please, me, John, and Sergey know if anyone see this again. I do not
> feel comfortable when there is problem which might make consoles calm.

Agreed.

> Bisection identified this commit:
> 5797b1c18919 ("workqueue: Implement system-wide nr_active enforcement for unbound workqueues")

That commit triggered early boot use-after-free (per kasan) on
my system, which probably could derail some things.