On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 10:20:07PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote: > The lock does not protect the read sides. So the write side should be > fixed by WRITTE_ONCE(). https://lwn.net/Articles/816854/ "Unmarked writes (aligned and up to word size) can be treated as if they had used WRITE_ONCE() by building with CONFIG_KCSAN_ASSUME_PLAIN_WRITES_ATOMIC=y (also selected by default). Experience has shown that compilers are much less likely to destructively optimize in-kernel writes than reads. Some developers might therefore choose to use READ_ONCE() but omit the corresponding WRITE_ONCE(). Other developers might prefer the documentation benefits and long-term peace of mind accruing from explicit use of WRITE_ONCE()..."
