Re: [PATCH 1/2] tools/memory-model: clarify the origin/scope of the tool name

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 03:17:53PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 09:54:27AM +0100, Andrea Parri wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 03:09:41PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 10:26:50AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Andrea Parri wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Ingo pointed out that:
> > > > > 
> > > > >   "The "memory model" name is overly generic, ambiguous and somewhat
> > > > >    misleading, as we usually mean the virtual memory layout/model
> > > > >    when we say "memory model". GCC too uses it in that sense [...]"
> > > > > 
> > > > > Make it clearer that, in the context of tools/memory-model/, the term
> > > > > "memory-model" is used as shorthand for "memory consistency model" by
> > > > > calling out this convention in tools/memory-model/README.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Stick to the full name in sources' headers and for the subsystem name.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > 
> > > > For both patches:
> > > > 
> > > > Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Thank you all -- I have queued this and pushed it to my RCU tree on
> > > branch lkmm.  I did reword the commit log a bit, please see below and
> > > please let me know if any of my rewordings need halp.
> > > 
> > > Andrea, when you resend your second patch, could you please add Alan's
> > > Acked-by?
> > 
> > You mean in order to integrate Will's suggestion? I was planning to send
> > that as a separate patch, as suggested by Will: the patch is on its way,
> > IAC, please let me know if you'd prefer a V2 merging the two changes.
> 
> Ah, apologies, I misread your reply.  I have queued your second patch
> with Will's and Alan's Acked-by's.

And I did reword the commit log a bit, so please check it.

							Thanx, Paul

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commit 12a62a1d07031c0afa396b03334abbe30d9b9cf7
Author: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Thu Feb 1 13:04:26 2018 +0100

    MAINTAINERS: Add the Memory Consistency Model subsystem
    
    Move the contents of tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS into the main
    MAINTAINERS file, removing tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS. This
    allows get_maintainer.pl to correctly identify the maintainers of
    tools/memory-model/.
    
    Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index e3581413420c..ba4dc08fbe95 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -8086,6 +8086,22 @@ M:	Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/misc/lkdtm*
 
+LINUX KERNEL MEMORY CONSISTENCY MODEL
+M:	Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+M:	Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
+M:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
+M:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+M:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
+M:	Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
+M:	David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
+M:	Jade Alglave <j.alglave@xxxxxxxxx>
+M:	Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@xxxxxxxx>
+M:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+L:	linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+S:	Supported
+T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git
+F:	tools/memory-model/
+
 LINUX SECURITY MODULE (LSM) FRAMEWORK
 M:	Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
 L:	linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
diff --git a/tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS b/tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS
deleted file mode 100644
index db3bd3fc0435..000000000000
--- a/tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-LINUX KERNEL MEMORY CONSISTENCY MODEL
-M:	Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
-M:	Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
-M:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
-M:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
-M:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
-M:	Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
-M:	David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
-M:	Jade Alglave <j.alglave@xxxxxxxxx>
-M:	Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@xxxxxxxx>
-M:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
-L:	linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-S:	Supported
-T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git
-F:	tools/memory-model/