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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst index 6611434e2dd2..8127849d40f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst @@ -361,7 +361,12 @@ local tasks spawned by the process and the global task that handles USB bus #1: */ sleep(2); - n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[0], __ATOMIC_RELAXED); + /* + * The load to the coverage count should be an acquire to pair with + * pair with the corresponding write memory barrier (smp_wmb()) on + * the kernel-side in kcov_move_area(). + */ + n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[0], __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE); for (i = 0; i < n; i++) printf("0x%lx\n", cover[i + 1]); if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_DISABLE, 0)) |