Re: [PATCH 0/2] tools/memory-model: remove ACCESS_ONCE()

From: Andrea Parri
Date: Tue Jul 03 2018 - 06:12:54 EST


> > 1) Merge the file touched by that patch into (the recently created):
> >
> > Documentation/atomic_t.txt
> >
> > (FWIW, queued in my TODO list).
>
> Some consolidation of documentation would be good. ;-)
>
> Thoughts from others?
>
> > 2) Add the entry:
> >
> > F: Documentation/atomic_t.txt
> >
> > to the "ATOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE" subsystem in the MAINTAINERS file so
> > that developers can easily find (the intended?) reviewers for their
> > patch. (Of course, this will need ACK from the ATOMIC people).
>
> If the merging will take awhile, it might also be good to put
> Documentation/core-api/atomic_ops.rst somewhere as well.

Indeed. And let's not forget the "orphaned":

Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst

;-)

Andrea