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

From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Tue May 12 2020 - 17:43:48 EST


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:

Could you pull?

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git (branch for-paul-dev)

Thanks!

- Joel