linux-kernel - [PATCH memory-model 0/8] LKMM updates for v6.4

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Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:02:35 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...a.com, mingo@...nel.org
Cc:     stern@...land.harvard.edu, parri.andrea@...il.com, will@...nel.org,
        peterz@...radead.org, boqun.feng@...il.com, npiggin@...il.com,
        dhowells@...hat.com, j.alglave@....ac.uk, luc.maranget@...ia.fr,
        akiyks@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH memory-model 0/8] LKMM updates for v6.4

Hello!

This series provides LKMM updates:

1.	tools/memory-model: Update some warning labels, courtesy of
	Alan Stern.

2.	tools/memory-model: Unify UNLOCK+LOCK pairings to
	po-unlock-lock-po, courtesy of Jonas Oberhauser.

3.	tools/memory-model: Add smp_mb__after_srcu_read_unlock().

4.	tools/memory-model: Restrict to-r to read-read address dependency,
	courtesy of "Joel Fernandes (Google)".

5.	tools/memory-model: Provide exact SRCU semantics, courtesy of
	Alan Stern.

6.	tools/memory-model: Make ppo a subrelation of po, courtesy of
	Jonas Oberhauser.

7.	tools/memory-model: Add documentation about SRCU read-side
	critical sections, courtesy of Alan Stern.

8.	Documentation: litmus-tests: Correct spelling, courtesy of
	Randy Dunlap.

						Thanx, Paul

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

 b/Documentation/litmus-tests/README                |    2 
 b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt |  178 +++++++++++++++++++--
 b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.bell             |   10 -
 b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat              |   15 +
 b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.def              |    1 
 b/tools/memory-model/lock.cat                      |    6 
 tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.bell               |   20 --
 tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat                |    7 
 tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.def                |    6 
 9 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)