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Running on a slower machine, it is possible that the preempt delay kernel thread may still be executing if the module was immediately removed after added, and this can cause the kernel to crash as the kernel thread might be executing after its code has been removed. There's no reason that the caller of the code shouldn't just wait for the delay thread to finish, as the thread can also be created by a trigger in the sysfs code, which also has the same issues. Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/5EA2B0C8.2080706@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 793937236d1ee ("lib: Add module for testing preemptoff/irqsoff latency tracers") Reported-by: Xiao Yang <yangx.jy@cn.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Xiao Yang <yangx.jy@cn.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.