Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:13:23 -0500 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/3] rcu-tasks: *_ONCE() for rcu_tasks_cbs_head |
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:54:55 -0800 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org> wrote:
> This data race was reported by KCSAN. Not appropriate for backporting > due to failure being unlikely and due to the mild consequences of the > failure, namely a confusing rcutorture console message. >
I've seen patches backported for less. :-/
Really, any statement that says something may go awry with the code, will be an argument to backport it.
-- Steve
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