Re: [PATCH -next 1/8] rcu: Fix rcu_read_unlock() deadloop due to softirq

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Fri, Jan 02, 2026 at 12:30:09PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 12:28:07 -0500
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Stacktrace should have recursion protection too.
> > 
> > Can you try this patch to see if it would have fixed the problem too?
> 
> As I believe the recursion protection should be in the tracing
> infrastructure more than in RCU. As RCU is used as an active participant in
> the kernel whereas tracing is supposed to be only an observer.
> 
> If tracing is the culprit, it should be the one that is fixed.

Makes sense to me!  But then it would...  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul