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diff --git a/include/linux/kcsan-checks.h b/include/linux/kcsan-checks.h
index 5dcadc221026..cf6961794e9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kcsan-checks.h
+++ b/include/linux/kcsan-checks.h
@@ -96,4 +96,44 @@ static inline void kcsan_check_access(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size,
kcsan_check_access(ptr, size, KCSAN_ACCESS_ATOMIC | KCSAN_ACCESS_WRITE)
#endif
+/**
+ * ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER - assert no other threads are writing @var
+ *
+ * Assert that there are no other threads writing @var; other readers are
+ * allowed. This assertion can be used to specify properties of concurrent code,
+ * where violation cannot be detected as a normal data race.
+ *
+ * For example, if a per-CPU variable is only meant to be written by a single
+ * CPU, but may be read from other CPUs; in this case, reads and writes must be
+ * marked properly, however, if an off-CPU WRITE_ONCE() races with the owning
+ * CPU's WRITE_ONCE(), would not constitute a data race but could be a harmful
+ * race condition. Using this macro allows specifying this property in the code
+ * and catch such bugs.
+ *
+ * @var variable to assert on
+ */
+#define ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER(var) \
+ __kcsan_check_access(&(var), sizeof(var), KCSAN_ACCESS_ASSERT)
+
+/**
+ * ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS - assert no other threads are accessing @var
+ *
+ * Assert that no other thread is accessing @var (no readers nor writers). This
+ * assertion can be used to specify properties of concurrent code, where
+ * violation cannot be detected as a normal data race.
+ *
+ * For example, in a reference-counting algorithm where exclusive access is
+ * expected after the refcount reaches 0. We can check that this property
+ * actually holds as follows:
+ *
+ * if (refcount_dec_and_test(&obj->refcnt)) {
+ * ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS(*obj);
+ * safely_dispose_of(obj);
+ * }
+ *
+ * @var variable to assert on
+ */
+#define ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS(var) \
+ __kcsan_check_access(&(var), sizeof(var), KCSAN_ACCESS_WRITE | KCSAN_ACCESS_ASSERT)
+
#endif /* _LINUX_KCSAN_CHECKS_H */