From: Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>
To: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH for-next v3 2/9] mm/slab, slub_kunit: register kprobe to trigger _nolock APIs
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:20:46 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b48c8045-2297-47ee-a0f7-d7a67e74ea09@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6edebc2b-5f5a-4b9c-9a4c-564310acee1b@kernel.org>
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On 6/29/26 4:34 PM, Harry Yoo wrote:
>
>
> On 6/24/26 10:41 PM, Pedro Falcato wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 08:05:56PM +0900, Harry Yoo (Oracle) wrote:
>>> Since kmalloc_nolock() always fails in NMI and hardirq contexts on
>>> PREEMPT_RT, slub_kunit cannot properly test _nolock() APIs.
>>>
>>> Register a kprobe pre-handler to invoke kmalloc_nolock() and
>>> kfree_nolock() in the middle of the slab allocator. However, do not
>>> register the handler on UP kernels [1].
>>
>> Maybe explain in the commit message why that is?
>
> Because it's the case is broken on UP and we decided not bother to fix.
> Thought the cover letter in Link: would give enough context.
But I will clarify this on the commit message, thanks!
--
Cheers,
Harry / Hyeonggon
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-29 8:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-15 11:05 [PATCH for-next v3 0/9] mm/slab: introduce kfree_rcu_nolock() and improve slub_kunit coverage Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-06-15 11:05 ` [PATCH for-next v3 1/9] slub_kunit: fall back to SW perf events when HW PMU is not available Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-06-15 11:05 ` [PATCH for-next v3 2/9] mm/slab, slub_kunit: register kprobe to trigger _nolock APIs Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-06-24 13:41 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-06-29 7:34 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-29 8:20 ` Harry Yoo [this message]
2026-06-15 11:05 ` [PATCH for-next v3 3/9] mm/slab: handle the !allow_spin case in kfree_rcu_sheaf() Harry Yoo (Oracle)
[not found] ` <4d7ebcd5-f3b7-4c73-94f1-b7d3ac12a521@kernel.org>
2026-06-17 5:32 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-17 5:58 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-24 14:28 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-06-29 8:01 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-15 11:05 ` [PATCH for-next v3 4/9] mm/slab: use call_rcu() in unknown context if irqs are enabled Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-06-24 14:30 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-06-29 8:19 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-15 11:05 ` [PATCH for-next v3 5/9] mm/slab: extend deferred free mechanism to handle rcu sheaves Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-06-24 14:37 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-06-15 11:06 ` [PATCH for-next v3 6/9] mm/slab: allow kfree_rcu_sheaf() on PREEMPT_RT Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-06-16 17:24 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-17 5:14 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-17 5:38 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-17 20:40 ` Paul E. McKenney
2026-06-18 12:46 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-18 16:26 ` Paul E. McKenney
2026-06-15 11:06 ` [PATCH for-next v3 7/9] mm/slab: introduce kfree_rcu_nolock() Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-06-16 17:28 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-21 0:29 ` XIAO WU
2026-06-22 5:28 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-22 14:56 ` XIAO WU
2026-06-25 5:27 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-15 11:06 ` [PATCH for-next v3 8/9] mm/slab: introduce struct kfree_rcu_head and use in kfree_rcu_nolock() Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-06-16 17:36 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-15 11:06 ` [PATCH for-next v3 9/9] slub_kunit: extend the test for kfree_rcu_nolock() Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-06-16 17:38 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-06-15 11:43 ` [PATCH for-next v3 0/9] mm/slab: introduce kfree_rcu_nolock() and improve slub_kunit coverage Harry Yoo
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