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 --- 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