linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC tools/lkmm] Miscellaneous fixes

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Date:   Sat, 10 Feb 2018 01:02:48 +0900
From:   Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
To:     paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, stern@...land.harvard.edu,
        parri.andrea@...il.com, will.deacon@....com, peterz@...radead.org,
        boqun.feng@...il.com, npiggin@...il.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
        j.alglave@....ac.uk, luc.maranget@...ia.fr,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tools/lkmm] Miscellaneous fixes

On 2018/02/09 23:18, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> This RFC series adds some miscellaneous updates to the Linux kernel
> memory model:
> 
> 1.	Clarify the origin and scope of the tool name to avoid confusion
> 	between "memory model" and "memory management", courtesy of
> 	Andrea Parri.
> 
> 2.	Move the maintainer list for LKMM to the main MAINTAINERS file,
> 	courtesy of Andrea Parri.
> 
> 3.	Add memory-barriers.txt to the LKMM MAINTAINERS entry, courtesy
> 	of Andrea Parri.
> 
> 4.	Add comments explaining the purpose of the various litmus tests.
> 
> 5.	Fix puntuation errors in litmus-tests/README.
> 
> 6.	Add LKMM acronym to MAINTAINERS entry.  If there are no objections,
> 	this will be squashed with #3 above.
> 
> 7.	Add Akira Yokosawa as an LKMM reviewer.
> 
> 8-10.	Replace underscores with hyphens for smp_mb__*() workings.  Note that
> 	this patch leaves rb_dep alone because the underscore is set by herd7.
> 	If there are no objections, these will be squashed together.

Paul, Patches 8-10 made the problem even worse with herd7 7.47.
I'll submit an alternative patch in reply to this message.

      Thanks, Akira

> 
> 							Thanx, Paul
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>  /tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS                                                            |   15 -------
>  b/MAINTAINERS                                                                              |   20 +++++++++-
>  b/tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS                                                           |    2 -
>  b/tools/memory-model/README                                                                |   14 +++----
>  b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.bell                                                     |    8 ++--
>  b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat                                                      |    8 ++--
>  b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.def                                                      |    6 +--
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/CoRR+poonceonce+Once.litmus                              |    7 +++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/CoRW+poonceonce+Once.litmus                              |    7 +++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/CoWR+poonceonce+Once.litmus                              |    7 +++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/CoWW+poonceonce.litmus                                   |    7 +++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/IRIW+mbonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus                         |   10 +++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/IRIW+poonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus                         |   10 +++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/ISA2+poonceonces.litmus                                  |    9 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/ISA2+pooncerelease+poacquirerelease+poacquireonce.litmus |   11 +++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/LB+ctrlonceonce+mbonceonce.litmus                        |   11 +++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/LB+poacquireonce+pooncerelease.litmus                    |    8 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/LB+poonceonces.litmus                                    |    7 +++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+onceassign+derefonce.litmus                           |   11 +++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+polocks.litmus                                        |   11 +++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+poonceonces.litmus                                    |    7 +++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+pooncerelease+poacquireonce.litmus                    |    8 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+porevlocks.litmus                                     |   11 +++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+wmbonceonce+rmbonceonce.litmus                        |    8 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/R+mbonceonces.litmus                                     |    9 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/R+poonceonces.litmus                                     |    8 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README                                                   |    4 +-
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/S+poonceonces.litmus                                     |    9 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/S+wmbonceonce+poacquireonce.litmus                       |    7 +++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/SB+mbonceonces.litmus                                    |    9 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/SB+poonceonces.litmus                                    |    8 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/WRC+poonceonces+Once.litmus                              |    8 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/WRC+pooncerelease+rmbonceonce+Once.litmus                |    8 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/Z6.0+pooncelock+poonceLock+pombonce.litmus               |    9 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/Z6.0+pooncelock+pooncelock+pombonce.litmus               |    8 ++++
>  b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/Z6.0+pooncerelease+poacquirerelease+mbonceonce.litmus    |   14 +++++++
>  36 files changed, 286 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
>