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

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Message-ID: <20180703101241.GA29602@andrea>
Date:   Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:12:41 +0200
From:   Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 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,
        peterz@...radead.org, stern@...land.harvard.edu,
        will.deacon@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] tools/memory-model: remove ACCESS_ONCE()

> >   1) Merge the file touched by that patch into (the recently created):
> >   
> >         Documentation/atomic_t.txt
> > 
> >      (FWIW, queued in my TODO list).
> 
> Some consolidation of documentation would be good.  ;-)
> 
> Thoughts from others?
> 
> >   2) Add the entry:
> > 
> > 	F: Documentation/atomic_t.txt
> > 
> >      to the "ATOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE" subsystem in the MAINTAINERS file so
> >      that developers can easily find (the intended?) reviewers for their
> >      patch. (Of course, this will need ACK from the ATOMIC people).
> 
> If the merging will take awhile, it might also be good to put
> Documentation/core-api/atomic_ops.rst somewhere as well.

Indeed.  And let's not forget the "orphaned":

  Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
  Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst

;-)

  Andrea