netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: annotate lockless accesses to sk->sk_pacing

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Date:   Tue, 17 Dec 2019 22:13:51 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: annotate lockless accesses to
 sk->sk_pacing_shift

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:51:03 -0800

> sk->sk_pacing_shift can be read and written without lock
> synchronization. This patch adds annotations to
> document this fact and avoid future syzbot complains.
> 
> This might also avoid unexpected false sharing
> in sk_pacing_shift_update(), as the compiler
> could remove the conditional check and always
> write over sk->sk_pacing_shift :
> 
> if (sk->sk_pacing_shift != val)
> 	sk->sk_pacing_shift = val;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.