linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL tools] Linux kernel memory model

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Date:   Wed, 31 Jan 2018 11:08:22 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        stern@...land.harvard.edu, parri.andrea@...il.com,
        j.alglave@....ac.uk, luc.maranget@...ia.fr, boqun.feng@...il.com,
        will.deacon@....com, npiggin@...il.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
        elena.reshetova@...el.com, mhocko@...e.com, akiyks@...il.com,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL tools] Linux kernel memory model

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 10:00:06AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> - Similary, some of the high level descriptions in tools/memory-model/README
>   should probably propagated into the source code files as well: for example
>   both tools/memory-model/lock.cat and linux-kernel.cat could be improved that
>   way.

This is something both Will and me have on our todo list, sadly we've
not had any time to work on this due to this pesky spectre crap.