Using KCSAN to detect race conditions after executing the command "sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-[...].run --no-kernel-modules".

[AyberkTural]

Hello everyone, I am Ayberk Kemal Tural. I am a master’s student at Işık University, and as part of my master’s thesis, I am working on optimizations for this project. As noted in the GitHub documentation, running the command "sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-[...].run --no-kernel-modules" (in my case, the file is "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.113.01.run") results in the replacement of certain system files in my Ubuntu operating system (version 26.04) with files generated by this project. One of the sub-objectives of my thesis is to implement lock-synchronization within this project—essentially, to prevent race conditions as much as possible. To this end, I have installed a software system called KCSAN, which allows me to identify and report all potential race conditions within the operating system. However, I have a few questions. The primary one concerns whose approval I might need regarding the modifications made to these system software files. Rest assured, I will share my other questions here as they arise. Thank you in advance to everyone who takes the time to answer.