linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 04/10] alpha: snapshot thread flags

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Date:   Wed,  9 Jun 2021 13:19:55 +0100
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: [RFC PATCH 04/10] alpha: snapshot thread flags

Some thread flags can be set remotely, and so even when IRQs are
disabled, the flags can change under our feet. Generally this is
unlikely to cause a problem in practice, but it is somewhat unsound, and
KCSAN will legitimately warn that there is a data race.

To avoid such issues, we should snapshot the flags prior to using them.
Let's use the new helpers to do so on alpha.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>
---
 arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
index 948b89789da8..b1b7623ea67e 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
@@ -535,6 +535,6 @@ do_work_pending(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long thread_flags,
 			}
 		}
 		local_irq_disable();
-		thread_flags = current_thread_info()->flags;
+		thread_flags = read_thread_flags();
 	} while (thread_flags & _TIF_WORK_MASK);
 }
-- 
2.11.0