linux-kernel - Re: [WIP 0/3] Memory model and atomic API in Rust

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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:37:03 -0400
From: comex <comexk@...il.com>
To: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
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Subject: Re: [WIP 0/3] Memory model and atomic API in Rust

> On Mar 24, 2024, at 11:22 AM, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
> 
> I don't know if this is what you meant by "in a weak memory model, the 
> escape can ‘time travel'".  Regardless, it seems very clear that any 
> compiler which swaps L1 and L2 in f() has a genuine bug.

Yes, that’s what I meant.  Clang thinks it’s valid to swap L1 and L2.  Though, for it to actually happen, they would have to be in a loop, since the problematic optimization is “loop-invariant code motion".  Here’s a modified version of your f() that shows the optimization in action:

https://godbolt.org/z/bdaTjjvMs

Anyway, my point is just that using LKMM doesn’t save you from the bug.