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

From: Andrea Parri
Date: Tue Jul 03 2018 - 13:23:58 EST


> commit 33a58ee5eadadfb1f4850eabd4fac332984881d5
> Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue Jul 3 08:48:09 2018 -0700
>
> tools/memory-model: Add informal LKMM documentation to MAINTAINERS
>
> The Linux-kernel memory model has been informal, with a number of
> text files documenting it. It would be good to make sure that these
> informal descriptions are kept up to date and/or pruned appropriately.
> This commit therefore brings more of those text files into the LKMM
> MAINTAINERS file entry.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jade Alglave <j.alglave@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Lustig <dlustig@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

With the disclaimer that I'm not (yet) familiar with reST,

Acked-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Adding the linux-arch ML, as you suggested, would also make sense to me.

Thanks,
Andrea


>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index f2903b818671..2ba947fc9a2f 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -8321,6 +8321,10 @@ 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/
> +F: Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
> +F: Documentation/atomic_t.txt
> +F: Documentation/core-api/atomic_ops.rst
> +F: Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst
> F: Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
>
> LINUX SECURITY MODULE (LSM) FRAMEWORK
>