linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] tools/memory-model: remove ACCESS

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Message-ID: <20180628123845.GA14456@andrea>
Date:   Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:38:45 +0200
From:   Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akiyks@...il.com,
        boqun.feng@...il.com, dhowells@...hat.com, j.alglave@....ac.uk,
        luc.maranget@...ia.fr, npiggin@...il.com,
        paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        stern@...land.harvard.edu, will.deacon@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] tools/memory-model: remove ACCESS_ONCE()

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 01:33:45PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Since commit:
>     
>   b899a850431e2dd0 ("compiler.h: Remove ACCESS_ONCE()")
>     
> ... there has been no definition of ACCESS_ONCE() in the kernel tree,
> and it has been necessary to use READ_ONCE() or WRITE_ONCE() instead.
> 
> However, since then the kernel memory model was added to the Linux tree,
> sporting new instances of ACCESS_ONCE() in examples and in the memory
> model itself.
> 
> These patches remove the new instances of ACCESS_ONCE() for consistency
> with the contemporary codebase.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark.
> 
> Mark Rutland (2):
>   tools/memory-model: remove ACCESS_ONCE() from recipes
>   tools/memory-model: remove ACCESS_ONCE() from model

For the series:

Acked-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>

Cheers,
  Andrea


> 
>  tools/memory-model/Documentation/recipes.txt | 4 ++--
>  tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.bell         | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.11.0
>