Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] workqueue: fix data race with the pwq->stats[] increment

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Aug 30 2023 - 16:08:33 EST


Hello,

On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 09:48:53PM +0200, Mirsad Todorovac wrote:
> These might just not have been triggered yet, but logically they seem suspicious for a data race.
> I still have to verify if they are called from a locked context ...
>
> Of course, as the original developer, you will have a clearer picture. I have been led by KCSAN
> to this particular detail.

These are just stats and pwq's are already per-cpu (most of the time). If
they trip kcsan and there's no easy way to work around like here, we should
add a wrapper to inc the stat and annotate it so that kcsan ignores it.

Thanks.

--
tejun