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Some architectures (currently e.g. s390 partially) implement atomics using the compiler's atomic builtins (__atomic_*, __sync_*). To support enabling KCSAN on such architectures in future, or support experimental use of these builtins, implement support for them. We should also avoid breaking KCSAN kernels due to use (accidental or otherwise) of atomic builtins in drivers, as has happened in the past: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/5231d2c0-41d9-6721-e15f-a7eedf3ce69e@infradead.org The instrumentation is subtly different from regular reads/writes: TSAN instrumentation replaces the use of atomic builtins with a call into the runtime, and the runtime's job is to also execute the desired atomic operation. We rely on the __atomic_* compiler builtins, available with all KCSAN-supported compilers, to implement each TSAN atomic instrumentation function. Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.