[PATCH v3] block/blk-iocost: annotate ioc_pd_stat reads with data_race()

From: Tao Cui

Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 01:43:31 EST


From: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

ioc_pd_stat() reads ioc->enabled, ioc->vtime_base_rate, and
iocg->last_stat without holding ioc->lock, which trips KCSAN since
ioc_adjust_base_vrate() and iocg_flush_stat_upward() write those
fields under ioc->lock.

Commit 35198e323001 fixed the same issue in ioc_qos_prfill() and
ioc_cost_model_prfill() by adding spin_lock_irq(&ioc->lock). However,
those functions read configuration parameters (qos/model) that need
synchronized reads. In contrast, ioc_pd_stat() only reads stat
values (vrate, usage) where stale reads are harmless, so data_race()
is more appropriate — it silences the KCSAN warning without adding
lock contention during high-frequency stat reads.

Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

---

Changes in v3:
- Use data_race() instead of spin_lock_irqsave/irqrestore, since
these are stat values that don't require synchronized reads — the
goal is just to silence KCSAN, not to guarantee consistency.
(Tejun Heo)

Changes in v2:
- Use spin_lock_irqsave/irqrestore instead of spin_lock_irq/irq,
since the caller (blkcg_print_stat) may already have IRQs disabled.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260802150913.31977-1-cui.tao@xxxxxxxxx/
---
block/blk-iocost.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-iocost.c b/block/blk-iocost.c
index 8b2aeba2e1e3..bc47ed034b25 100644
--- a/block/blk-iocost.c
+++ b/block/blk-iocost.c
@@ -3093,23 +3093,23 @@ static void ioc_pd_stat(struct blkg_policy_data *pd, struct seq_file *s)
struct ioc_gq *iocg = pd_to_iocg(pd);
struct ioc *ioc = iocg->ioc;

- if (!ioc->enabled)
+ if (!data_race(ioc->enabled))
return;

if (iocg->level == 0) {
unsigned vp10k = DIV64_U64_ROUND_CLOSEST(
- ioc->vtime_base_rate * 10000,
+ data_race(ioc->vtime_base_rate) * 10000,
VTIME_PER_USEC);
seq_printf(s, " cost.vrate=%u.%02u", vp10k / 100, vp10k % 100);
}

- seq_printf(s, " cost.usage=%llu", iocg->last_stat.usage_us);
+ seq_printf(s, " cost.usage=%llu", data_race(iocg->last_stat.usage_us));

if (blkcg_debug_stats)
seq_printf(s, " cost.wait=%llu cost.indebt=%llu cost.indelay=%llu",
- iocg->last_stat.wait_us,
- iocg->last_stat.indebt_us,
- iocg->last_stat.indelay_us);
+ data_race(iocg->last_stat.wait_us),
+ data_race(iocg->last_stat.indebt_us),
+ data_race(iocg->last_stat.indelay_us));
}

static u64 ioc_weight_prfill(struct seq_file *sf, struct blkg_policy_data *pd,
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