Re: [PATCH] netfilter: mark racy access on ext->gen_id

Pablo Neira Ayuso
2024-04-25T09:36:14Z

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 07:50:22PM +0800, linke li wrote:
> In __nf_ct_ext_find(), ext->gen_id can be changed by
> nf_ct_ext_valid_post(), using WRITE_ONCE. Mark data races on ext->gen_id
> as benign using READ_ONCE.
>
> This patch is aimed at reducing the number of benign races reported by
> KCSAN in order to focus future debugging effort on harmful races.

There are a more uses ext->gen_id in the code, my understanding this
patch is just a stub.