linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools/memory-model: Add details about SRCU read-side critical sections

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Date:   Sun, 19 Feb 2023 12:13:14 -0500
From:   Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Jade Alglave <j.alglave@....ac.uk>,
        Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@...ia.fr>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Jonas Oberhauser <jonas.oberhauser@...weicloud.com>,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>,
        Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>,
        Daniel Lustig <dlustig@...dia.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jonas Oberhauser <jonas.oberhauser@...wei.com>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Paul Heidekrüger <paul.heidekrueger@...tum.de>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools/memory-model: Add details about SRCU read-side
 critical sections

On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 12:11 PM Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 11:48 AM Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 01:55:06AM +0000, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
[...]
> > +       A: idx1 = srcu_read_lock(&s);
> > +       B: srcu_read_unlock(&s, idx1);
> > +       C: idx2 = srcu_read_lock(&s);
> > +       D: srcu_read_unlock(&s, idx2);
> > +
> > +it would appear that B was a store to a temporary variable (i.e., s)
> > +and C was a load from that variable, thereby allowing carry-srcu-data
> > +to extend a data dependency from A to D and giving the impression
> > +that D was the srcu-unlock event matching A's srcu-lock.
>
> Even though it may be redundant: would it be possible to also mention
> (after this paragraph) that this case forms an undesirable "->rf" link
> between B and C, which then causes us to link A and D as a result?
>
> A[srcu-lock] ->data B[once] ->rf C[once] ->data D[srcu-unlock].

Apologies, I meant here, care must be taken to avoid:

A[srcu-lock] ->data B[srcu-unlock] ->rf C[srcu-lock] ->data D[srcu-unlock].

Thanks,

  - Joel