linux-kernel - [tip: locking/urgent] kcsan: Add pointer to access-marking.txt to data

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Message-ID: <162506090131.395.14968745337974466077.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:48:21 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Paul E. McKenney" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: locking/urgent] kcsan: Add pointer to access-marking.txt to
 data_race() bullet

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

Commit-ID:     ea0484644e5b8486c8335f677fc1e2a4a5d76d3f
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/ea0484644e5b8486c8335f677fc1e2a4a5d76d3f
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:04:09 -08:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 18 May 2021 10:58:14 -07:00

kcsan: Add pointer to access-marking.txt to data_race() bullet

This commit references tools/memory-model/Documentation/access-marking.txt
in the bullet introducing data_race().  The access-marking.txt file
gives advice on when data_race() should and should not be used.

Suggested-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
index d85ce23..8089466 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ the below options are available:
 
 * KCSAN understands the ``data_race(expr)`` annotation, which tells KCSAN that
   any data races due to accesses in ``expr`` should be ignored and resulting
-  behaviour when encountering a data race is deemed safe.
+  behaviour when encountering a data race is deemed safe.  Please see
+  ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/access-marking.txt`` in the kernel source
+  tree for more information.
 
 * Disabling data race detection for entire functions can be accomplished by
   using the function attribute ``__no_kcsan``::