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SubjectRe: KCSAN: data-race in __alloc_file / __alloc_file
On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 12:53 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> wrote:
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> per cpu SNMP counters mostly, with no IRQ safety requirements.
>
> Note that this could be implemented using local{64}_add() on arches like x86_64,
> while others might have to fallback to WRITE_ONCE(variable, variable + add)

raw_cpu_add()?

We already use those for vm_counters where we intentionally accept races.

Linus

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