diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c b/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c
index 8bcffbdef3d3..dc55fd5a36fc 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c
@@ -414,6 +414,14 @@ static noinline void test_kernel_atomic_builtins(void)
 	__atomic_load_n(&test_var, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 }
 
+static noinline void test_kernel_xor_1bit(void)
+{
+	/* Do not report data races between the read-writes. */
+	kcsan_nestable_atomic_begin();
+	test_var ^= 0x10000;
+	kcsan_nestable_atomic_end();
+}
+
 /* ===== Test cases ===== */
 
 /* Simple test with normal data race. */
@@ -952,6 +960,29 @@ static void test_atomic_builtins(struct kunit *test)
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, match_never);
 }
 
+__no_kcsan
+static void test_1bit_value_change(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	const struct expect_report expect = {
+		.access = {
+			{ test_kernel_read, &test_var, sizeof(test_var), 0 },
+			{ test_kernel_xor_1bit, &test_var, sizeof(test_var), __KCSAN_ACCESS_RW(KCSAN_ACCESS_WRITE) },
+		},
+	};
+	bool match = false;
+
+	begin_test_checks(test_kernel_read, test_kernel_xor_1bit);
+	do {
+		match = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE)
+				? report_available()
+				: report_matches(&expect);
+	} while (!end_test_checks(match));
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE))
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, match);
+	else
+		KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, match);
+}
+
 /*
  * Generate thread counts for all test cases. Values generated are in interval
  * [2, 5] followed by exponentially increasing thread counts from 8 to 32.
@@ -1024,6 +1055,7 @@ static struct kunit_case kcsan_test_cases[] = {
 	KCSAN_KUNIT_CASE(test_jiffies_noreport),
 	KCSAN_KUNIT_CASE(test_seqlock_noreport),
 	KCSAN_KUNIT_CASE(test_atomic_builtins),
+	KCSAN_KUNIT_CASE(test_1bit_value_change),
 	{},
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/permissive.h b/kernel/kcsan/permissive.h
index f90e30800c11..2c01fe4a59ee 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/permissive.h
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/permissive.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #ifndef _KERNEL_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE_H
 #define _KERNEL_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE_H
 
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 /*
@@ -22,7 +24,11 @@ static __always_inline bool kcsan_ignore_address(const volatile void *ptr)
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCSAN_PERMISSIVE))
 		return false;
 
-	return false;
+	/*
+	 * Data-racy bitops on current->flags are too common, ignore completely
+	 * for now.
+	 */
+	return ptr == &current->flags;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -41,6 +47,47 @@ kcsan_ignore_data_race(size_t size, int type, u64 old, u64 new, u64 diff)
 	if (type || size > sizeof(long))
 		return false;
 
+	/*
+	 * A common pattern is checking/setting just 1 bit in a variable; for
+	 * example:
+	 *
+	 *	if (flags & SOME_FLAG) { ... }
+	 *
+	 * and elsewhere flags is updated concurrently:
+	 *
+	 *	flags |= SOME_OTHER_FLAG; // just 1 bit
+	 *
+	 * While it is still recommended that such accesses be marked
+	 * appropriately, in many cases these types of data races are so common
+	 * that marking them all is often unrealistic and left to maintainer
+	 * preference.
+	 *
+	 * The assumption in all cases is that with all known compiler
+	 * optimizations (including those that tear accesses), because no more
+	 * than 1 bit changed, the plain accesses are safe despite the presence
+	 * of data races.
+	 *
+	 * The rules here will ignore the data races if we observe no more than
+	 * 1 bit changed.
+	 *
+	 * Of course many operations can effecively change just 1 bit, but the
+	 * general assuption that data races involving 1-bit changes can be
+	 * tolerated still applies.
+	 *
+	 * And in case a true bug is missed, the bug likely manifests as a
+	 * reportable data race elsewhere.
+	 */
+	if (hweight64(diff) == 1) {
+		/*
+		 * Exception: Report data races where the values look like
+		 * ordinary booleans (one of them was 0 and the 0th bit was
+		 * changed) More often than not, they come with interesting
+		 * memory ordering requirements, so let's report them.
+		 */
+		if (!((!old || !new) && diff == 1))
+			return true;
+	}
+
 	return false;
 }