__kcsan_release(9)

💅 __kcsan_release — NAME

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ today's main character is __kcsan_release, and her whole thing is release barrier instrumentation. that's it. that's the vibe. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS

void __kcsan_release (void );

literally the entire signature. no plot twist. 💀

🫶 ARGUMENTS

• void — no arguments, babe. zero. nada. she takes nothing and she slays while doing it. 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO

the source lives in the kernel file ./include/linux/kcsan-checks.h, and honestly the whole kcsan bestie squad is listed below — go say hi to all of them:

• __kcsan_check_access(9)
• __kcsan_mb(9)
• __kcsan_wmb(9)
• __kcsan_rmb(9)
• kcsan_disable_current(9)
• kcsan_enable_current(9)
• kcsan_nestable_atomic_begin(9)
• kcsan_nestable_atomic_end(9)
• kcsan_flat_atomic_begin(9)
• kcsan_flat_atomic_end(9)
• kcsan_atomic_next(9)
• kcsan_set_access_mask(9)
• kcsan_begin_scoped_access(9)
• kcsan_end_scoped_access(9)
• __kcsan_check_read(9)
• __kcsan_check_write(9)
• __kcsan_check_read_write(9)
• kcsan_check_read(9)
• kcsan_check_write(9)
• kcsan_check_read_write(9)
• ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER(9)
• ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER_SCOPED(9)
• ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS(9)
• ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS_SCOPED(9)
• ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_BITS(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 shoutout to ./include/linux for holding it down, dated October 2026, and fr fr thanks for reading my little manpage era 🎀✨💅