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

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Message-Id: <20180131235350.GH3741@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:53:50 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, 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 11:08:22AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 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.

Spectre permitting, this would be very cool!

							Thanx, Paul