From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@gmail.com>,
"Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
"Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@joelfernandes.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] tracing: Rename kvfree_rcu() to kvfree_rcu_mightsleep()
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:20:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260729032018.1223942-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026072147-clang-iguana-51e4@gregkh>
From: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit cae16f2c2e11c60c888715f4d98c12740683d6a2 ]
The kvfree_rcu() macro's single-argument form is deprecated. Therefore
switch to the new kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() variant. The goal is to
avoid accidental use of the single-argument forms, which can introduce
functionality bugs in atomic contexts and latency bugs in non-atomic
contexts.
Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Stable-dep-of: fe58f457ad8d ("tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c | 2 +-
kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
index 676d9a3e65cde6..417b62f7550978 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void osnoise_unregister_instance(struct trace_array *tr)
if (!found)
return;
- kvfree_rcu(inst);
+ kvfree_rcu_mightsleep(inst);
}
/*
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 125111d310d1ba..241b7ba9a3a777 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ int trace_probe_remove_file(struct trace_probe *tp,
return -ENOENT;
list_del_rcu(&link->list);
- kvfree_rcu(link);
+ kvfree_rcu_mightsleep(link);
if (list_empty(&tp->event->files))
trace_probe_clear_flag(tp, TP_FLAG_TRACE);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-29 3:20 UTC|newest]
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2026-07-21 9:16 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree gregkh
2026-07-29 3:20 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-07-29 3:20 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 2/2] tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering Sasha Levin
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