linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hrtimer: Annotate lockless access to timer->state

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Date:   Wed, 6 Nov 2019 19:09:11 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hrtimer: Annotate lockless access to timer->state

On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> @@ -1013,8 +1013,9 @@ static void __remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer,
>  static inline int
>  remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base, bool restart)
>  {
> -	if (hrtimer_is_queued(timer)) {
> -		u8 state = timer->state;
> +	u8 state = timer->state;

Shouldn't that be a read once then at least for consistency sake?

> +
> +	if (state & HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED) {
>  		int reprogram;

Thanks,

	tglx