Re: [PATCH memory-model 3/3] tools/memory-model: Add KCSAN LF mentorship session citation

From: Akira Yokosawa
Date: Fri Jun 07 2024 - 19:38:31 EST


On 2024/06/05 13:02, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 10:57:27AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
>> On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 15:14:19 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>> Add a citation to Marco's LF mentorship session presentation entitled
>>> "The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer"
>>>
>>> [ paulmck: Apply Marco Elver feedback. ]
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> 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>
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> While reviewing this, I noticed that
>> tools/memory-model/Documentation/README has no mention of
>> access-marking.txt.
>>
>> It has no mention of glossary.txt or locking.txt, either.
>>
>> I'm not sure where are the right places in README for them.
>> Can you update it in a follow-up change?
>>
>> Anyway, for this change,
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thank you, and good catch! Does the patch below look appropriate?

Well, I must say this is not what I expected.
Please see below.

>
> Thanx, Paul
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> commit 834b22ba762fb59024843a64554d38409aaa82ec
> Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue Jun 4 20:59:35 2024 -0700
>
> tools/memory-model: Add access-marking.txt to README
>
> Given that access-marking.txt exists, this commit makes it easier to find.
>
> Reported-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/tools/memory-model/Documentation/README b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/README
> index db90a26dbdf40..304162743a5b8 100644
> --- a/tools/memory-model/Documentation/README
> +++ b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/README
> @@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ DESCRIPTION OF FILES
> README
> This file.
>
> +access-marking.txt
> + Guidelines for marking intentionally concurrent accesses to
> + shared memory.
> +
> cheatsheet.txt
> Quick-reference guide to the Linux-kernel memory model.
>

What I expected was an entry in the bullet list in the upper half
of README which mentions access-marking.txt along with the update of
alphabetical list of files.

Updating the latter wouldn't worth bothering you.

And you are missing another comment WRT glossary.txt and locking.txt. ;-)

Let me suggest an idea of their positions in the bullet list where the
ordering is important. Looks reasonable to you ?

o simple.txt
o ordering.txt
o locking.txt <--new
o litmus-test.txt
o recipes.txt
o control-dependencies.txt
o access-marking.txt <--new
o cheatsheet.txt
o explanation.txt
o references.txt
o glossary.txt <--new

Have I made my point clear enough?

Thanks, Akira