Re: [PATCH] init/main.c: Initialize early LSMs after arch code

[Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>]

On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 5:57 AM KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> This seems very odd for especially ARM as I don't see this error when
> I do it on the next branch. Possibly something in setup_arch is
> initializing jump_tables indirectly between v6.11-rc2 and linux-next
> and/or this is a warning that does not immediately splash up on the
> dmesg.
>
> Both ARM64 and x86 (the architectures I really have access to)
> initializes jump_tables and x86 is the only architecture that does an
> explicit static_call_init is x86 and it's already in the setup_arch
> code.
>
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.11-rc2/source/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c#L295
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.11-rc2/source/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c#L783
>
> Guenter, I have updated my tree, could you give it another run please?

KP, once we've got the ordering/fix sorted out, can you make sure the
reasoning is well documented in the commit description?  From what I'm
reading here it doesn't seem like it's something obvious, so providing
a detailed description will help us several years down the road when
someone changes something and it breaks again :)

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