Re: [PATCH v3] block/blk-iocost: annotate ioc_pd_stat reads with data_race()

Jens Axboe <[email protected]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:23:18 -0600
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.cgroups,org.kernel.vger.linux-block,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <178584979848.950360.4692094909873127154.b4-ty@b4>
On Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:41:20 +0800, Tao Cui wrote:
> ioc_pd_stat() reads ioc->enabled, ioc->vtime_base_rate, and
> iocg->last_stat without holding ioc->lock, which trips KCSAN since
> ioc_adjust_base_vrate() and iocg_flush_stat_upward() write those
> fields under ioc->lock.
> 
> Commit 35198e323001 fixed the same issue in ioc_qos_prfill() and
> ioc_cost_model_prfill() by adding spin_lock_irq(&ioc->lock).  However,
> those functions read configuration parameters (qos/model) that need
> synchronized reads.  In contrast, ioc_pd_stat() only reads stat
> values (vrate, usage) where stale reads are harmless, so data_race()
> is more appropriate — it silences the KCSAN warning without adding
> lock contention during high-frequency stat reads.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] block/blk-iocost: annotate ioc_pd_stat reads with data_race()
      commit: 4d73bf0ca4fbe7f252154ce98d6693c6c198164c

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe