kcsan: Add example to data_race() kerneldoc header

Although the data_race() kerneldoc header accurately states what it does,
some of the implications and usage patterns are non-obvious.  Therefore,
add a brief locking example and also state how to have KCSAN ignore
accesses while also preventing the compiler from folding, spindling,
or otherwise mutilating the access.

[ paulmck: Apply Bart Van Assche feedback. ]
[ paulmck: Apply feedback from Marco Elver. ]

Reported-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Paul E. McKenney
2024-05-10 15:36:57 -07:00
parent 1613e604df
commit 020e6c22bd
2 changed files with 32 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -194,9 +194,17 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
* This data_race() macro is useful for situations in which data races
* should be forgiven. One example is diagnostic code that accesses
* shared variables but is not a part of the core synchronization design.
* For example, if accesses to a given variable are protected by a lock,
* except for diagnostic code, then the accesses under the lock should
* be plain C-language accesses and those in the diagnostic code should
* use data_race(). This way, KCSAN will complain if buggy lockless
* accesses to that variable are introduced, even if the buggy accesses
* are protected by READ_ONCE() or WRITE_ONCE().
*
* This macro *does not* affect normal code generation, but is a hint
* to tooling that data races here are to be ignored.
* to tooling that data races here are to be ignored. If the access must
* be atomic *and* KCSAN should ignore the access, use both data_race()
* and READ_ONCE(), for example, data_race(READ_ONCE(x)).
*/
#define data_race(expr) \
({ \