Re: [PATCH 4/3] docs: litmus-tests: Clarify about the RCU pre-initialization test

From: Akira Yokosawa
Date: Tue May 12 2020 - 17:49:59 EST


On Tue, 12 May 2020 17:43:42 -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 09:30:22AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 11:41:01AM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 11:07 AM Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From 7bb979aacd8788d174df8a56e9803ba9e5b7a381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>>> From: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 22:06:46 -0400
>>>> Subject: [PATCH 4/3] docs: litmus-tests: Clarify about the RCU pre-initialization test
>>>>
>>>> Since this test returned to tools/memory-model/, make sure that it is
>>>> at least referenced from Documentation/litmus-tests/'s README.
>>>>
>>>> Co-developed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Co-developed-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> [Alan: grammar nit]
>>>> Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> I said in the earlier message:
>>>>
>>>>> The explanation under tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README also need the same
>>>>> rewording.
>>>>
>>>> , but obviously I was confused. It is good as is.
>>>>
>>>> This is on top of my earlier patch series.
>>>>
>>>> Joel, Alan, does this work with you?
>>>
>>> Yes, thanks a lot for doing it. Paul are you Ok with it too?
>>
>> Looks good to me!
>>
>> Could one of you please send a patch series and instructions, which I
>> -think- will be of the form:
>>
>> o Revert a5cca3485d92 ("Documentation: LKMM: Move
>> MP+onceassign+derefonce to new litmus-tests/rcu/")
>>
>> o Apply a series of patches.
>
> Rebased Akira's 3 and my 1 on top of your /dev branch with the ordering done as above:

Oh, I missed the reordering part in my PATCH RESEND series.

Paul, it's up to you which you pull/apply.

Thanks, Akira

>
> Could you pull?
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git (branch for-paul-dev)
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Joel
>