linux-kernel - Re: [tip: timers/core] hrtimer: Annotate lockless access to timer->state

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Date:   Wed, 6 Nov 2019 14:02:55 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [tip: timers/core] hrtimer: Annotate lockless access to timer->state

On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 1:06 PM tip-bot2 for Eric Dumazet
<tip-bot2@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip:
>
> Commit-ID:     de4db39b9f0e682e59caa828a277632510901560
> Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/de4db39b9f0e682e59caa828a277632510901560
> Author:        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> AuthorDate:    Wed, 06 Nov 2019 09:48:04 -08:00
> Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> CommitterDate: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:59:56 +01:00
>
> hrtimer: Annotate lockless access to timer->state

...

> -/*
> - * Helper function to check, whether the timer is on one of the queues
> +/**
> + * hrtimer_is_queued = check, whether the timer is on one of the queues
> + * @timer:     Timer to check
> + *
> + * Returns: True if the timer is queued, false otherwise
> + *
> + * The function can be used lockless, but it gives only a current snapshot.
>   */
> -static inline int hrtimer_is_queued(struct hrtimer *timer)
> +static inline bool hrtimer_is_queued(struct hrtimer *timer)
>  {
> -       return timer->state & HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED;
> +       /* The READ_ONCE pairs with the update functions of timer->state */
> +       return !!READ_ONCE(timer->state) & HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED;

You probably meant :

return !!(READ_ONCE(timer->state) & HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED);

Sorry for not spotting this earlier.