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From:   Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
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Subject: Re: Internal vs. external barriers (was: Re: Interesting LKMM litmus
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On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 09:17:04PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 09:15:15PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > Maybe we don't.  Please test the patch below; I think it will do what 
> > you want -- and it doesn't rule out nesting.
> 
> It works like a champ on manual/kernel/C-srcu*.litmus in the litmus
> repository on github, good show and thank you!!!
> 
> I will make more tests, and am checking this against the rest of the
> litmus tests in the repo, but in the meantime would you be willing to
> have me add your Signed-off-by?

I'll email a real patch submission in the not-too-distant future, 
assuming you don't find any problems with the new code.

Alan