linux-kernel - Re: Internal vs. external barriers (was: Re: Interesting LKMM litmus test)

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Message-ID: <Y88/5ib7zYl67mcE@rowland.harvard.edu>
Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2023 21:18:14 -0500
From:   Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>,
        Jonas Oberhauser <jonas.oberhauser@...wei.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, will <will@...nel.org>,
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        dhowells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "j.alglave" <j.alglave@....ac.uk>,
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        frederic <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Internal vs. external barriers (was: Re: Interesting LKMM litmus
 test)

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 12:16:59PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> One twist is that the design of both SRCU and RCU are stronger than LKMM
> requires, as illustrated by the litmus test at the end of this email.
> 
> I believe that your proof outline above also covers this case, but I
> figure that I should ask.

This test is full of typos, and I guess that one of them seriously 
affects the meaning, because as far as I can tell the corrected test is 
allowed.

> C C-srcu-observed-2
> 
> (*
>  * Result: Sometimes
>  *
>  * But please note that the Linux-kernel SRCU implementation is designed
>  * to provide Never.
>  *)
> 
> {}
> 
> P0(int *x, int *y, int *z, struct srcu_struct *s)
> {
> 	int r1;
> 	int r2;

r2 is never used.

> 
> 	r1 = srcu_read_lock(s);
> 	WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> 	WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
> 	srcu_read_unlock(s, r3);

There is no r3; this should be r1.

> }
> 
> P1(int *x, int *y, int *z, struct srcu_struct *s)
> {
> 	int r1;
> 	int r2;

r2 is never used.

> 
> 	r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> 	synchronize_srcu(s);
> 	WRITE_ONCE(*z, 1);
> }
> 
> P2(int *x, int *y, int *z, struct srcu_struct *s)
> {
> 	int r1;

r1 is never used; it should be r2.

> 
> 	WRITE_ONCE(*z, 2);
> 	smp_mb();
> 	r2 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> }
> 
> exists (1:r1=1 /\ 1:r2=0 /\ z=1)

1:r2 is never used.  Apparently this should 2:r2.

Given those changes, the test can run as follows: P2 runs to completion, 
writing z=2 and reading x=0.  Then P0 runs to completion, writing y=1 
and x=1.  Then P1 runs to completion, reading y=1 and overwriting z=1.

Alan