Re: [PATCH] tools/memory-model: Clarify syntactic and semantic dependencies

From: Alan Stern
Date: Thu Jan 27 2022 - 12:04:31 EST


On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 12:00:22PM +0100, Paul Heidekrüger wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 04:00:11PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > That's a very abstract way of describing the situation; it doesn't do a
> > good job of getting the real idea across. It also mixes up two separate
> > ideas: behaviors being unaffected by a syntactic dependency and
> > behaviors being undefined. They should be described separately.
>
> Many thanks for the feedback! I agree, the explanation works a lot
> better once readers have been introduced to data, addr and ctrl
> relations.
>
> > I would prefer something along these lines...
>
> Shall I resubmit the patch with you as co-developer, or, given that it's
> arguably your work now, would you like to submit the patch yourself?

I'll submit it myself, with Suggested-by: you. How does that sound?

Alan