When enable CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT, the kernel will warn when run timer
selftests by './test_progs -t timer':
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48
In order to avoid such warning, reject bpf_timer in verifier when
PREEMPT_RT is enabled.
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index c89e2b1bc644b..9fb1f957a0937 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -8547,6 +8547,10 @@ static int process_timer_func(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int regno,
verifier_bug(env, "Two map pointers in a timer helper");
return -EFAULT;
}
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)) {
+ verbose(env, "bpf_timer cannot be used for PREEMPT_RT.\n");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
meta->map_uid = reg->map_uid;
meta->map_ptr = map;
return 0;
--
2.50.1
