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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] debugobjects: Fix the misuse of global variables in fill_pool()
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:37:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87seuh84cx.ffs@tglx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <659f0321-e567-ad48-4545-4a47a158d6c2@huawei.com>

On Tue, Sep 03 2024 at 15:00, Leizhen wrote:
>>> @@ -84,10 +85,7 @@ static int __data_racy                       debug_objects_fixups __read_mostly;
>>>  static int __data_racy                 debug_objects_warnings __read_mostly;
>>>  static int __data_racy                 debug_objects_enabled __read_mostly
>>>                                         = CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_ENABLE_DEFAULT;
>>> -static int __data_racy                 debug_objects_pool_size __read_mostly
>>> -                                       = ODEBUG_POOL_SIZE;
>>> -static int __data_racy                 debug_objects_pool_min_level __read_mostly
>>> -                                       = ODEBUG_POOL_MIN_LEVEL;
>>> +static int __data_racy                 obj_pool_min_free = ODEBUG_POOL_SIZE;
>
> Sorry, I rechecked it again. After this patch, obj_pool_min_free is referenced in the
> same way as obj_pool_max_used. The only race point is located in debug_stats_show().
> However, this reference point does not need to be included in the race analysis. So
> there is no need to add __data_racy for obj_pool_min_free.

The read races against the write, so KCSAN can detect it and complain, no?

Thanks,

        tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2024-09-03  9:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-02 14:05 [PATCH 0/5] debugobjects: Do some minor optimizations, fixes and cleaups Zhen Lei
2024-09-02 14:05 ` [PATCH 1/5] debugobjects: Fix the misuse of global variables in fill_pool() Zhen Lei
2024-09-02 16:22   ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-09-03  2:16     ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2024-09-03  3:22       ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2024-09-03  7:00         ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2024-09-03  9:37           ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2024-09-03 11:14             ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2024-09-03 11:43               ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-09-03 12:22                 ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2024-09-02 14:05 ` [PATCH 2/5] debugobjects: Remove redundant checks " Zhen Lei
2024-09-03  9:44   ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-09-03 11:23     ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2024-09-02 14:05 ` [PATCH 3/5] debugobjects: Don't start fill if there are remaining nodes locally Zhen Lei
2024-09-03  9:52   ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-09-03 12:06     ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2024-09-02 14:05 ` [PATCH 4/5] debugobjects: Use hlist_splice_init() to reduce lock conflicts Zhen Lei
2024-09-03 10:09   ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-09-03 12:14     ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2024-09-02 14:05 ` [PATCH 5/5] debugobjects: Delete a piece of redundant code Zhen Lei
2024-09-03 10:14   ` Thomas Gleixner

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