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lockstat: refuse to provide probes on kernels < 5.10.0
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Kernels earlier than 5.10.0 contain a bug that causes a kernel deadlock
when using kretprobe on spinlock functions.  We do not provide lockstat
probes on such kernels for the user's safety.

Signed-off-by: Kris Van Hees <kris.van.hees@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
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kvanhees committed May 26, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ static const dtrace_pattr_t pattr = {
*/
static int populate(dtrace_hdl_t *dtp)
{
/*
* Linux kernels earlier than 5.10.0 have a bug that can cause a kernel
* deadlock when placing a kretprobe on spinlock functions.
*/
if (dtp->dt_kernver < DT_VERSION_NUMBER(5, 10, 0))
return 0;

return dt_sdt_populate(dtp, prvname, modname, &dt_lockstat, &pattr,
probe_args, probes);
}
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