From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tools/memory-model 0/4] Documentation updates and fixes Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 09:26:27 -0800 Message-ID: <20180307172627.GA15805@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@kernel.org, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, parri.andrea@gmail.com, will.deacon@arm.com, peterz@infradead.org, boqun.feng@gmail.com, npiggin@gmail.com, dhowells@redhat.com, j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk, luc.maranget@inria.fr, akiyks@gmail.com List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org Hello! This patch series adds some documentation and fixes to the Linux-kernel memory model (LKMM): 1. Add more text to meomry-barrier.txt to de-emphasize smp_read_barrier_depends(). 2. Remove mention of the now-obsolete docker and gentoo images from README. 3. Add documentation for the new ISA2+pooncelock+pooncelock+pombonce litmus test. 4. Update the removal of rb-dep, smp_read_barrier_depends(), and lockless_dereference() to reflect feedback. Thanx, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 26 +++++++++++++++-------- tools/memory-model/Documentation/cheatsheet.txt | 6 ++--- tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt | 4 +-- tools/memory-model/README | 15 ------------- tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.def | 2 - tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README | 6 +++++ 6 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)