On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 03:36:25PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote: > diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h > index 4fed5a0f9b77..4d9f5f9ed1a8 100644 > --- a/include/linux/list.h > +++ b/include/linux/list.h > @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static inline int list_is_last(const struct list_head *list, > */ > static inline int list_empty(const struct list_head *head) > { > - return READ_ONCE(head->next) == head; > + return data_race(READ_ONCE(head->next) == head); > } list_empty() isn't lockless safe, that's what we have list_empty_careful() for.