Re: KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / retain_dentry

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Wed Mar 11 2026 - 06:38:32 EST


On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 04:02:41PM +0800, Jianzhou Zhao wrote:
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> Subject: [BUG] fs: KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / retain_dentry
> Subject: [BUG] fs: KCSAN: data-race in step_into_slowpath / vfs_unlink
> Subject: [BUG] fs/buffer: KCSAN: data-race in __remove_assoc_queue / mark_buffer_dirty_inode
> Subject: [BUG] fs/namei: KCSAN: data-race in path_lookupat / vfs_rename (`d_flags`)

Propose a patch series with fixes and appropriate arguments for adding
these annotations, please. All of the races indicated seem benign.