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diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 955148d91b74..96db841bf0fc 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ static LIST_HEAD(tracepoint_module_list);
*/
static DEFINE_MUTEX(tracepoints_mutex);
+static struct rcu_head *early_probes;
+static bool ok_to_free_tracepoints;
+
/*
* Note about RCU :
* It is used to delay the free of multiple probes array until a quiescent
@@ -80,11 +83,40 @@ static void rcu_free_old_probes(struct rcu_head *head)
call_srcu(&tracepoint_srcu, head, srcu_free_old_probes);
}
+static __init int release_early_probes(void)
+{
+ struct rcu_head *tmp;
+
+ ok_to_free_tracepoints = true;
+
+ while (early_probes) {
+ tmp = early_probes;
+ early_probes = tmp->next;
+ call_rcu_sched(tmp, rcu_free_old_probes);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* SRCU is initialized at core_initcall */
+postcore_initcall(release_early_probes);
+
static inline void release_probes(struct tracepoint_func *old)
{
if (old) {
struct tp_probes *tp_probes = container_of(old,
struct tp_probes, probes[0]);
+
+ /*
+ * We can't free probes if SRCU is not initialized yet.
+ * Postpone the freeing till after SRCU is initialized.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(!ok_to_free_tracepoints)) {
+ tp_probes->rcu.next = early_probes;
+ early_probes = &tp_probes->rcu;
+ return;
+ }
+
/*
* Tracepoint probes are protected by both sched RCU and SRCU,
* by calling the SRCU callback in the sched RCU callback we