Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:54:06 -0800 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/3] rcu-tasks: *_ONCE() for rcu_tasks_cbs_head |
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 06:13:23PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:54:55 -0800 > "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org> wrote: > > > This data race was reported by KCSAN. Not appropriate for backporting > > due to failure being unlikely and due to the mild consequences of the > > failure, namely a confusing rcutorture console message. > > > > I've seen patches backported for less. :-/ > > Really, any statement that says something may go awry with the code, > will be an argument to backport it.
You aren't kidding! Rumor has it that someone tried backporting the RCU flavor-consolidation work, for but one example. Though I cannot help but salute the level of insanity represented by that attempt. ;-)
Thanx, Paul
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