On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 07:27PM +0100, Andrey Konovalov wrote: > It might not be obvious to the compiler that the expression must be > executed between writing and reading to fail_data. In this case, the > compiler might reorder or optimize away some of the accesses, and > the tests will fail. > > Add compiler barriers around the expression in KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL. > > Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> > Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I046079f48641a1d36fe627fc8827a9249102fd50 Reviewed-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > lib/test_kasan.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c > index dd3d2f95c24e..b5077a47b95a 100644 > --- a/lib/test_kasan.c > +++ b/lib/test_kasan.c > @@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ static void kasan_test_exit(struct kunit *test) > NULL, \ > &resource, \ > "kasan_data", &fail_data); \ > + barrier(); \ > expression; \ > + barrier(); \ > KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, \ > fail_data.report_expected, \ > fail_data.report_found); \ > -- > 2.29.2.729.g45daf8777d-goog >