linux-kernel - [tip: locking/kcsan] kcsan: Add docbook header for data

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <158504105916.28353.16249742968546516818.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:10:59 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Paul E. McKenney" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: locking/kcsan] kcsan: Add docbook header for data_race()

The following commit has been merged into the locking/kcsan branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     7ad900d35b49af5a05f595d2274c32e69e01b055
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/7ad900d35b49af5a05f595d2274c32e69e01b055
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:42:18 -08:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 09:42:04 +01:00

kcsan: Add docbook header for data_race()

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
---
 include/linux/compiler.h | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 8c0beb1..c1bdf37 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -315,13 +315,15 @@ unsigned long read_word_at_a_time(const void *addr)
 
 #include <linux/kcsan.h>
 
-/*
- * data_race(): macro to document that accesses in an expression may conflict with
- * other concurrent accesses resulting in data races, but the resulting
- * behaviour is deemed safe regardless.
+/**
+ * data_race - mark an expression as containing intentional data races
+ *
+ * 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.
  *
- * This macro *does not* affect normal code generation, but is a hint to tooling
- * that data races here should be ignored.
+ * This macro *does not* affect normal code generation, but is a hint
+ * to tooling that data races here are to be ignored.
  */
 #define data_race(expr)                                                        \
 	({                                                                     \