On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 10:38:45AM +0100, Marco Elver wrote:
> Commit 56348560d495 ("debugfs: do not attempt to create a new file
> before the filesystem is initalized") forbids creating new debugfs files
> until debugfs is fully initialized. This breaks KCSAN's debugfs file
> creation, which happened at the end of __init().How did it "break" it? The files shouldn't have actually been created, right? > There is no reason to create the debugfs file during early > initialization. Therefore, move it into a late_initcall() callback. > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[email protected]> > Cc: stable <[email protected]> > Fixes: 56348560d495 ("debugfs: do not attempt to create a new file before the > filesystem is initalized") > Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <[email protected]> > --- > I've marked this for 'stable', since 56348560d495 is also intended for > stable, and would subsequently break KCSAN in all stable kernels where > KCSAN is available (since 5.8). No objection from me, just odd that this actually fixes anything :) Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
