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-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug13
-rw-r--r--lib/lockref.c2
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c5cefb3c009c..36b6fa88ce5b 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -865,6 +865,19 @@ config SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK
data corruption or a sporadic crash at a later stage once the region
is examined. The runtime overhead introduced is minimal.
+config DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
+ bool "Enable extra timekeeping sanity checking"
+ help
+ This option will enable additional timekeeping sanity checks
+ which may be helpful when diagnosing issues where timekeeping
+ problems are suspected.
+
+ This may include checks in the timekeeping hotpaths, so this
+ option may have a (very small) performance impact to some
+ workloads.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config TIMER_STATS
bool "Collect kernel timers statistics"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
diff --git a/lib/lockref.c b/lib/lockref.c
index ecb9a665ec19..494994bf17c8 100644
--- a/lib/lockref.c
+++ b/lib/lockref.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
#define CMPXCHG_LOOP(CODE, SUCCESS) do { \
struct lockref old; \
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(old) != 8); \
- old.lock_count = ACCESS_ONCE(lockref->lock_count); \
+ old.lock_count = READ_ONCE(lockref->lock_count); \
while (likely(arch_spin_value_unlocked(old.lock.rlock.raw_lock))) { \
struct lockref new = old, prev = old; \
CODE \