On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 07:21:58PM +0000, SeongJae Park wrote: > +++ b/mm/page_reporting.c > @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ int page_reporting_register(struct page_reporting_dev_info *prdev) > mutex_lock(&page_reporting_mutex); > > /* nothing to do if already in use */ > - if (rcu_access_pointer(pr_dev_info)) { > + if (rcu_dereference_protected(pr_dev_info, true)) { Pretty sure that passing a bare 'true' is an antipattern. Instead, document _what_ lock protects us, ie: if (rcu_dereference_protected(pr_dev_info, lockdep_is_held(&page_reporting_mutex))) { Obviously, we took it just one line up, but if code moves around, it may save us.