linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 10/14] module: kallsyms: Fix suspicious rcu usage

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:24:42 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>
Cc:     mcgrof@...nel.org, christophe.leroy@...roup.eu, cl@...ux.com,
        mbenes@...e.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jeyu@...nel.org,
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        jason.wessel@...driver.com, pmladek@...e.com, neelx@...hat.com,
        daniel.thompson@...aro.org, hch@...radead.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 10/14] module: kallsyms: Fix suspicious rcu usage

On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:21:22 +0100
Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com> wrote:

> If I understand correctly, there is absolutely no need to explicitly
> disable preemption in this context. I will use: rcu_read_lock() and
> rcu_read_unlock(), respectively, which will then be suitable for the
> preemptible RCU implementation.

Yes, thank you very much :-)

-- Steve