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Martin Kaiser b0d7f5f0c9 riscv: trace: fix snapshot deadlock with sbi ecall
If sbi_ecall.c's functions are traceable,

echo "__sbi_ecall:snapshot" > /sys/kernel/tracing/set_ftrace_filter

may get the kernel into a deadlock.

(Functions in sbi_ecall.c are excluded from tracing if
CONFIG_RISCV_ALTERNATIVE_EARLY is set.)

__sbi_ecall triggers a snapshot of the ringbuffer. The snapshot code
raises an IPI interrupt, which results in another call to __sbi_ecall
and another snapshot...

All it takes to get into this endless loop is one initial __sbi_ecall.
On RISC-V systems without SSTC extension, the clock events in
timer-riscv.c issue periodic sbi ecalls, making the problem easy to
trigger.

Always exclude the sbi_ecall.c functions from tracing to fix the
potential deadlock.

sbi ecalls can easiliy be logged via trace events, excluding ecall
functions from function tracing is not a big limitation.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251223135043.1336524-1-martin@kaiser.cx
Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
2026-01-07 13:25:56 -07:00
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