linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH memory-model 3/3] tools/memory-model: Add KCSAN LF mentorship session citation

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 21:02:04 -0700
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...a.com, mingo@...nel.org, 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,
	Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>, Daniel Lustig <dlustig@...dia.com>,
	Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH memory-model 3/3] tools/memory-model: Add KCSAN LF
 mentorship session citation

On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 10:57:27AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> On Tue,  4 Jun 2024 15:14:19 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Add a citation to Marco's LF mentorship session presentation entitled
> > "The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer"
> > 
> > [ paulmck: Apply Marco Elver feedback. ]
> > 
> > Reported-by: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> > Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> > Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> > Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
> > Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Jade Alglave <j.alglave@....ac.uk>
> > Cc: Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@...ia.fr>
> > Cc: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
> 
> Paul,
> 
> While reviewing this, I noticed that
> tools/memory-model/Documentation/README has no mention of
> access-marking.txt.
> 
> It has no mention of glossary.txt or locking.txt, either.
> 
> I'm not sure where are the right places in README for them.
> Can you update it in a follow-up change?
> 
> Anyway, for this change,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>

Thank you, and good catch!  Does the patch below look appropriate?

							Thanx, Paul

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commit 834b22ba762fb59024843a64554d38409aaa82ec
Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Date:   Tue Jun 4 20:59:35 2024 -0700

    tools/memory-model: Add access-marking.txt to README
    
    Given that access-marking.txt exists, this commit makes it easier to find.
    
    Reported-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>

diff --git a/tools/memory-model/Documentation/README b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/README
index db90a26dbdf40..304162743a5b8 100644
--- a/tools/memory-model/Documentation/README
+++ b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/README
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ DESCRIPTION OF FILES
 README
 	This file.
 
+access-marking.txt
+	Guidelines for marking intentionally concurrent accesses to
+	shared memory.
+
 cheatsheet.txt
 	Quick-reference guide to the Linux-kernel memory model.