powerpc: powernv: Fix KCSAN datarace warnings on idle_state contention
The idle_state entry in the PACA on PowerNV features a bit which is atomically tested and set through ldarx/stdcx. to be used as a spinlock. This lock then guards access to other bit fields of idle_state. KCSAN cannot differentiate between any of these bitfield accesses as they all are implemented by 8-byte store/load instructions, thus cores contending on the bit-lock appear to data race with modifications to idle_state. Separate the bit-lock entry from the data guarded by the lock to avoid the possibility of data races being detected by KCSAN. Suggested-by:Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
Rohan McLure <rmclure@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by:
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://msgid.link/20230510033117.1395895-7-rmclure@linux.ibm.com
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