On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 10:12:56PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > + if (data_race(tick_do_timer_cpu) == TICK_DO_TIMER_BOOT) {
I prefer the form: if (data_race(tick_do_timer_cpu == TICK_DO_TIMER_BOOT)) { But there doesn't yet seem to be sufficient data_race() usage in the kernel to see which of the forms is preferred. Do we want to bike-shed this now and document the outcome somewhere?