linux-kernel - Re: seqcount usage in xt_replace

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Message-ID: <20190109000214.GA5907@andrea>
Date:   Wed, 9 Jan 2019 01:02:14 +0100
From:   Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
To:     Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@...il.com>
Cc:     fw@...len.de, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        paulmck@...ux.ibm.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: seqcount usage in xt_replace_table()

Hi Anatol,

On Tue, Jan 08, 2019 at 11:33:39AM -0800, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
> Hello folks,
> 
> A bit of context what I am doing. I am trying to port KTSAN (Kernel
> Thread Sanitizer) tool to v4.20. That tool tracks shared data usage
> and makes sure it is accessed in a thread-safe manner.

Interesting!  FYI, some LKMM's maintainers (Paul included) had and
continued to have some "fun" discussing topics related to "thread-
safe memory accesses": I'm sure that they'll be very interested in
such work of yours and eager to discuss your results.

Cheers,
  Andrea