Re: circular locking splat in fs/proc/vmcore.c

From: Sven Schnelle
Date: Mon Feb 14 2022 - 11:03:38 EST


Hi David,

David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 14.02.22 16:22, Sven Schnelle wrote:
>> I think we could also switch the list to an rcu protected list, but i
>> don't know the code really. Any opinions how to fix this?
>>
> did you stumble over
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220119193417.100385-1-david@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> yet?
>
> It should be fixing the (mostly impossible to trigger) splat you've seen
> -- via sleepable rcu :)
>
> The fix is scheduled for v5.18.

No, i missed that. Thank you very much!

/Sven