As mentioned in https://github.com/google/ktsan/wiki/READ_ONCE-and-WRITE_ONCE#it-may-improve-performance a C compiler can legally transform :
if (memory_pressure && *memory_pressure) *memory_pressure = 0; to : if (memory_pressure) *memory_pressure = 0; Fixes: 0604475119de ("tcp: add TCPMemoryPressuresChrono counter") Fixes: 180d8cd942ce ("foundations of per-cgroup memory pressure controlling.") Fixes: 3ab224be6d69 ("[NET] CORE: Introducing new memory accounting interface.") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> --- net/core/sock.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c index fac2b4d80de5e54c77628073d7930bddf8a10cb3..50647a10fdb7f050e963e2734f0d3555fa4bd7aa 100644 --- a/net/core/sock.c +++ b/net/core/sock.c @@ -2334,8 +2334,8 @@ static void sk_leave_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk) } else { unsigned long *memory_pressure = sk->sk_prot->memory_pressure; - if (memory_pressure && *memory_pressure) - *memory_pressure = 0; + if (memory_pressure && READ_ONCE(*memory_pressure)) + WRITE_ONCE(*memory_pressure, 0); } } -- 2.23.0.581.g78d2f28ef7-goog