include/linux/compiler.h: Introduce data_race(expr) macro
authorMarco Elver <elver@google.com>
Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:02:55 +0000 (19:02 +0100)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Sat, 16 Nov 2019 15:23:13 +0000 (07:23 -0800)
commitc48981eeb0d56e107691df590007d6699441a689
tree1989c9076376899b35e10a430845aea992234f43
parentdfd402a4c4baae42398ce9180ff424d589b8bffc
include/linux/compiler.h: Introduce data_race(expr) macro

This introduces the data_race(expr) macro, which can be used to annotate
expressions for purposes of (1) documenting, and (2) giving tooling such
as KCSAN information about which data races are deemed "safe".

More context:
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wg5CkOEF8DTez1Qu0XTEFw_oHhxN98bDnFqbY7HL5AB2g@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
include/linux/compiler.h