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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:08:13 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
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        linux@...linux.org.uk, mpe@...erman.id.au, npiggin@...il.com,
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        davidtgoldblatt@...il.com
Subject: Fw: [isocpp-parallel] OOTA fix (via fake branch-after-load)
 discussion

Hello!

FYI, unless someone complains, it is quite likely that C++ (and thus
likely C) compilers and standards will enforce Hans Boehm's proposal
for ordering relaxed loads before relaxed stores.  The document [1]
cites "Bounding data races in space and time" by Dolan et al. [2], and
notes an "average a 2.x% slow down" for ARMv8 and PowerPC.  In the past,
this has been considered unacceptable, among other things, due to the
fact that this issue is strictly theoretical.

This would not (repeat, not) affect the current Linux kernel, which
relies on volatile loads and stores rather than C/C++ atomics.

To be clear, the initial proposal is not to change the standards, but
rather to add a command-line argument to enforce the stronger ordering.
However, given the long list of ARM-related folks in the Acknowledgments
section, the future direction is clear.

So, do any ARMv8, PowerPC, or RISC-V people still care?  If so, I strongly
recommend speaking up.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

[1] https://lukegeeson.com/blog/2023-10-17-A-Proposal-For-Relaxed-Atomics/
[2] https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3192366.3192421

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 11:09:18 -0700
From: David Goldblatt via Parallel <parallel@...ts.isocpp.org>
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Cc: David Goldblatt <davidtgoldblatt@...il.com>
Subject: [isocpp-parallel] OOTA fix (via fake branch-after-load) discussion

Those who read this list but not the LLVM discourse might be interested in:
- This discussion, proposing `-mstrict-rlx-atomics`:
https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-strengthen-relaxed-atomics-implementation-behind-mstrict-rlx-atomics-flag/74473
to enforce load-store ordering
- The associated blog post here:
https://lukegeeson.com/blog/2023-10-17-A-Proposal-For-Relaxed-Atomics/

- David

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