netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/5] net: avoid KCSAN splats

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Date:   Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:34:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/5] net: avoid KCSAN splats

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 22:44:47 -0700

> Often times we use skb_queue_empty() without holding a lock,
> meaning that other cpus (or interrupt) can change the queue
> under us. This is fine, but we need to properly annotate
> the lockless intent to make sure the compiler wont over
> optimize things.

Series applied and I'll queue this up for -stable.

Thanks Eric.