Re: [PATCH] Add static_key_feature_checks_initialized flag

Le 27/03/2024 à 05:59, Nicholas Miehlbradt a écrit :

JUMP_LABEL_FEATURE_CHECK_DEBUG used static_key_initialized to determine
whether {cpu,mmu}_has_feature() was used before static keys were
initialized. However, {cpu,mmu}_has_feature() should not be used before
setup_feature_keys() is called. As static_key_initalized is set much
earlier during boot there is a window in which JUMP_LABEL_FEATURE_CHECK_DEBUG
will not report errors. Add a flag specifically to indicate when
{cpu,mmu}_has_feature() is safe to use.

What do you mean by "much earlier" ?

As far as I can see, static_key_initialized is set by jump_label_init() 
as cpu_feature_keys_init() and mmu_feature_keys_init() are call 
immediately after. I don't think it is possible to do anything inbetween.

Or maybe you mean the problem is the call to jump_label_init() in 
early_init_devtree() ? You should make it explicit in the message, and 
see if it wouldn't be better to call cpu_feature_keys_init() and 
mmu_feature_keys_init() as well in early_init_devtree() in that case ?

Christophe