linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC memory-model 0/6] LKMM updates

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1901101046480.1497-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:   Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:47:26 -0500 (EST)
From:   Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        <mingo@...nel.org>, <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>, <akiyks@...il.com>,
        <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC memory-model 0/6] LKMM updates

On Wed, 9 Jan 2019, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> This series contains updates for the Linux-kernel memory model:
> 
> 1-3.	Add SRCU support, courtesy of Alan Stern.
> 
> 4.	Update README for adding of SRCU support.
> 
> 5.	Update memory-barriers.txt on enforcing heavy ordering for
> 	port-I/O accesses, courtesy of Will Deacon.  This one needs
> 	an ack, preferably by someone from Intel.  Matthew Wilcox
> 	posted some feedback from an Intel manual here, which might
> 	be considered to be a close substitute, but...  ;-)
> 
> 	http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181127192234.GF10377@bombadil.infradead.org
> 
> 6.	Update Documentation/explanation.txt to include SRCU support,
> 	courtesy of Alan Stern.
> 
> 7.	Dynamically check SRCU lock-to-unlock matching, courtesy of
> 	Luc Maranget.  This needs an ack.

Does this one still need an ack?  If so, you may apply mine.

Alan