Re: [PATCH -next] x86/mm/pat: silence a data race in cpa_4k_install

[Marco Elver]

On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 at 16:33, Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Jan 21, 2020, at 10:28 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 04:19:22PM +0100, Marco Elver wrote:
> >> Could you remove the verbatim copy of my email? Maybe something like:
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> >> "Increments to cpa_4k_install may happen concurrently, as detected by KCSAN:
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> >> <....... the stack traces ......>
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> > ... and drop the stack traces and fix your subject to say what you're
> > actually "fixing".
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> Does this title work for you?
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> x86/mm/pat: silence an data race for KCSAN

Isn't the intent "x86/mm/pat: Mark intentional data race" ?  The fact
that KCSAN no longer shows the warning is a side-effect.  At least
that's how I see it.

Thanks,
-- Marco