linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: Prevent early kernel panic in instrumented apply_early_boot

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Message-ID: <58b5a08f-b10c-668b-fbb7-cf44ef2ac940@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 17:33:11 -0600 (MDT)
From: Paul Walmsley <pjw@...nel.org>
To: Vivian Wang <wangruikang@...as.ac.cn>
cc: Paul Walmsley <pjw@...nel.org>, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, 
    Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, 
    "linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>, 
    "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
    duchangbin <changbin.du@...wei.com>, Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>, 
    andybnac@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: Prevent early kernel panic in instrumented
 apply_early_boot_alternatives

Hi Vivian,

On Thu, 9 Oct 2025, Vivian Wang wrote:
> On 10/9/25 10:01, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Jun 2025, duchangbin wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Working on cleaning out Patchwork.  Was there any further conclusion 
> > reached on this patch, or more broadly, static ftrace ?
> 
> Static ftrace for riscv is no longer supported in 6.17. config RISCV is now:
> 
>     select DYNAMIC_FTRACE if FUNCTION_TRACER
> 
> Since commit 5874ca4c6280 ("riscv: Stop supporting static ftrace"). This
> patch should be obsolete.

Thanks for the followup.

- Paul