Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching

Pull livepatching updates from Jiri Kosina:

 - stacktrace handling improvements from Miroslav benes

 - debug output improvements from Petr Mladek

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching:
  livepatch: Remove duplicate warning about missing reliable stacktrace support
  Revert "livepatch: Remove reliable stacktrace check in klp_try_switch_task()"
  stacktrace: Remove weak version of save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable()
  livepatch: Use static buffer for debugging messages under rq lock
  livepatch: Remove stale kobj_added entries from kernel-doc descriptions

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
index abb2a4a2cbb2..cdf318d86dd6 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ static int klp_check_stack(struct task_struct *task, char *err_buf)
 	int ret, nr_entries;
 
 	ret = stack_trace_save_tsk_reliable(task, entries, ARRAY_SIZE(entries));
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret == -ENOSYS);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		snprintf(err_buf, STACK_ERR_BUF_SIZE,
 			 "%s: %s:%d has an unreliable stack\n",
@@ -281,11 +280,11 @@ static int klp_check_stack(struct task_struct *task, char *err_buf)
  */
 static bool klp_try_switch_task(struct task_struct *task)
 {
+	static char err_buf[STACK_ERR_BUF_SIZE];
 	struct rq *rq;
 	struct rq_flags flags;
 	int ret;
 	bool success = false;
-	char err_buf[STACK_ERR_BUF_SIZE];
 
 	err_buf[0] = '\0';
 
@@ -294,6 +293,13 @@ static bool klp_try_switch_task(struct task_struct *task)
 		return true;
 
 	/*
+	 * For arches which don't have reliable stack traces, we have to rely
+	 * on other methods (e.g., switching tasks at kernel exit).
+	 */
+	if (!klp_have_reliable_stack())
+		return false;
+
+	/*
 	 * Now try to check the stack for any to-be-patched or to-be-unpatched
 	 * functions.  If all goes well, switch the task to the target patch
 	 * state.
@@ -328,7 +334,6 @@ done:
 		pr_debug("%s", err_buf);
 
 	return success;
-
 }
 
 /*