Re: [PATCH tip/perf] uprobes: avoid false lockdep splat in uprobe timer callback

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Apr 03 2025 - 14:52:37 EST


On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 19:56:19 +0200
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2025-04-03 13:53:31 [-0400], Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 19:49:17 +0200
> > Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > > + /* See free_ret_instance() for notes on seqcount use.
> > >
> > > This is not a proper multi line comment.
> >
> > It's only proper in the networking code, but not the rest of the kernel.
>
> I wasn't aware that uprobe is following networking standards here.

It's not, but I know that Andrii works a bit with the networking code.

-- Steve