Re: [PATCH 1/3] tools: memory-model: Prepare for data-race detection

[Alan Stern]

On Wed, 24 Apr 2019, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:17:45PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > This patch makes some slight alterations to linux-kernel.cat in
> > preparation for adding support for data-race detection to the
> > Linux-Kernel Memory Model.
> > 
> > 	The definitions of relations involved in Acquire, Release, and
> > 	unlock-lock ordering are moved up earlier in the source file.
> > 
> > 	The rmb relation is factored through the new R4rmb class: the
> > 	class of reads to which rmb will apply.
> > 
> > 	The definition of the fence relation is moved earlier, and it
> > 	is split up into read- and write-fences (rmb and wmb) and all
> > 	the others.
> > 
> > This should not make any functional changes.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thank you, Alan, I have queued all three onto -rcu for review and testing.
> FYI, I rebased my smp_mb__{before,after}_atomic() patch on top of yours
> to avoid the conflict.
> 
> Which demonstrates non-commutativity of patches.  Your patches conflict
> with mine, but mine does not conflict with yours.  ;-)

:-)

Besides, who knows where we'll end up with the 
smp_mb__{before,after}_atomic stuff once Peter is done with it, anyway?

Alan