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Hi - hunt wrote: > [...] > > - many runtime (and one relayfs) files use smp_processor_id() without > > disabling preemption > > [...] > We should probably disable preemption during all probes. Yes, quite possibly, but I don't understand all the implications of putting a preempt_disable/enable() into strategic places within the kprobes layer or into the generated code. > Unless the script compiler can guarantee that scripts won't call > something that tries to reschedule during a probe. [...] The translator would certainly not emit any code directly that intends to reschedule. Probes are supposed to never block. - FChE
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