linux-kernel - Re: Bug in herd7 [Was: Re: Litmus test for question from Al Viro]

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Date:   Wed, 7 Oct 2020 15:38:51 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:     Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@...ia.fr>,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>, parri.andrea@...il.com,
        will@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, boqun.feng@...il.com,
        npiggin@...il.com, dhowells@...hat.com, j.alglave@....ac.uk,
        dlustig@...dia.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug in herd7 [Was: Re: Litmus test for question from Al Viro]

On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 03:40:50PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 10:50:40AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > And here is the updated version.
> > 
> > 							Thanx, Paul
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > commit b7cd60d4b41ad56b32b36b978488f509c4f7e228
> > Author: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> > Date:   Tue Oct 6 09:38:37 2020 -0700
> > 
> >     manual/kernel: Add LB+mb+data litmus test
> 
> Let's change this to:
> 
>       manual/kernel: Add LB data dependency test with no intermediate variable
> 
> Without that extra qualification, people reading just the title would
> wonder why we need a simple LB litmus test in the archive.
> 
> >     
> >     Test whether herd7 can detect a data dependency when there is no
> >     intermediate local variable, as in WRITE_ONCE(*x, READ_ONCE(*y)).
> >     Commit 0f3f8188a326 in herdtools fixed an oversight which caused such
> >     dependencies to be missed.
> >     
> >     Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> >     Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> > 
> > diff --git a/manual/kernel/C-LB+mb+data.litmus b/manual/kernel/C-LB+mb+data.litmus
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..0cf9a7a
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/manual/kernel/C-LB+mb+data.litmus
> > @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
> > +C LB+mb+data
> > +(*
> > + * Result: Never
> > + *
> > + * Test whether herd7 can detect a data dependency when there is no
> > + * intermediate local variable, as in WRITE_ONCE(*x, READ_ONCE(*y)).
> > + * Commit 0f3f8188a326 in herdtools fixed an oversight which caused such
> > + * dependencies to be missed.
> 
> You changed this comment!  It should have remained the way it was:

I might get this right sooner or later.  You never know.

Like this?

							Thanx, Paul

------------------------------------------------------------------------

commit 5b6a4ff2c8ad25fc77f4151e71e6cbd8f3268d7b
Author: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Date:   Tue Oct 6 09:38:37 2020 -0700

    manual/kernel: Add LB+mb+data litmus test
    
    Test whether herd7 can detect a data dependency when there is no
    intermediate local variable, as in WRITE_ONCE(*x, READ_ONCE(*y)).
    Commit 0f3f8188a326 in herdtools fixed an oversight which caused such
    dependencies to be missed.
    
    Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>

diff --git a/manual/kernel/C-LB+mb+data.litmus b/manual/kernel/C-LB+mb+data.litmus
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9e24e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manual/kernel/C-LB+mb+data.litmus
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+C LB+mb+data
+(*
+ * Result: Never
+ *
+ * Versions of herd7 prior to commit 0f3f8188a326 ("[herd] Fix dependency
+ * definition") recognize data dependencies only when they flow through
+ * an intermediate local variable.  Since the dependency in P1 doesn't,
+ * those versions get the wrong answer for this test.
+ *)
+
+{}
+
+P0(int *x, int *y)
+{
+	int r1;
+
+	r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
+	smp_mb();
+	WRITE_ONCE(*y, r1);
+}
+
+P1(int *x, int *y)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(*x, READ_ONCE(*y));
+}
+
+exists (0:r1=1)