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Subject: Re: Unpatched return thunk in use. This should not happen!
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To: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>, Thomas Gleixner
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On 26.03.24 г. 14:40 ч., Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear Linux folks,
> 
> 
> On a Dell XPS 13 9360/0596KF, BIOS 2.21.0 06/02/2022, Linux 6.9-rc1+ 
> built with
> 
>       CONFIG_KCSAN=y
> 

So the problem happens when KCSAN=y CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS is also enabled 
and this results in an indirect call in do_mod_ctors():

    mod->ctors[i]();


When KCSAN is disabled, do_mod_ctors is empty, hence the warning is not 
printed.