linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ref_tracker: do xarray and workqueue job initializations earlier

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Message-ID: <20250627144353.57ee3f18@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:43:53 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Andrew Morton
 <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel test
 robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ref_tracker: do xarray and workqueue job
 initializations earlier

On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:52:14 -0400 Jeff Layton wrote:
> The kernel test robot reported an oops that occurred when attempting to
> deregister a dentry from the xarray during subsys_initcall().
> 
> The ref_tracker xarrays and workqueue job are being initialized in
> late_initcall() which is too late. Move those to postcore_initcall()
> instead.

Applied to net-next (on top of an -rc tag again, if anyone else
needs it). Thanks!