linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/3] docs: litmus-tests: Clarify about the RCU pre-initialization test

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Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 18:52:49 -0400
From:   Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vineeth Remanan Pillai <vpillai@...italocean.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jade Alglave <j.alglave@....ac.uk>,
        Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@...ia.fr>,
        Daniel Lustig <dlustig@...dia.com>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/3] docs: litmus-tests: Clarify about the RCU
 pre-initialization test

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 5:49 PM Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 May 2020 17:43:42 -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> > On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 09:30:22AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 11:41:01AM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> >>> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 11:07 AM Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> From 7bb979aacd8788d174df8a56e9803ba9e5b7a381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> >>>> From: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> >>>> Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 22:06:46 -0400
> >>>> Subject: [PATCH 4/3] docs: litmus-tests: Clarify about the RCU pre-initialization test
> >>>>
> >>>> Since this test returned to tools/memory-model/, make sure that it is
> >>>> at least referenced from Documentation/litmus-tests/'s README.
> >>>>
> >>>> Co-developed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> >>>> Co-developed-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
> >>>> [Alan: grammar nit]
> >>>> Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> I said in the earlier message:
> >>>>
> >>>>> The explanation under tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README also need the same
> >>>>> rewording.
> >>>>
> >>>> , but obviously I was confused. It is good as is.
> >>>>
> >>>> This is on top of my earlier patch series.
> >>>>
> >>>> Joel, Alan, does this work with you?
> >>>
> >>> Yes, thanks a lot for doing it. Paul are you Ok with it too?
> >>
> >> Looks good to me!
> >>
> >> Could one of you please send a patch series and instructions, which I
> >> -think- will be of the form:
> >>
> >> o    Revert a5cca3485d92 ("Documentation: LKMM: Move
> >>      MP+onceassign+derefonce to new litmus-tests/rcu/")
> >>
> >> o    Apply a series of patches.
> >
> > Rebased Akira's 3 and my 1 on top of your /dev branch with the ordering done as above:
>
> Oh, I missed the reordering part in my PATCH RESEND series.
>

That's Ok, I took care of it ;-) You passed me the ball, I hit it into the goal.

> Paul, it's up to you which you pull/apply.

Indeed! ;-)

 - Joel


>
>         Thanks, Akira
>
> >
> > Could you pull?
> >
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git (branch for-paul-dev)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >  - Joel
> >