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Subject: Re: [RFC 2/3] tools/memory-model: Add a litmus test for atomic_set()
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 07:52:15AM +0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> I agree, and thanks for the suggestion! And I change the sentence in
> atomic_t.txt with:
> 
> 	A note for the implementation of atomic_set{}() is that it
> 	cannot break the atomicity of the RMW ops.
> 
> , since I think that part of the doc is more about the suggestion to
> anyone who want to implement the atomic_set(). Peter, is that OK to you?

Sure.

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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:02:00 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/3] tools/memory-model: Add a litmus test for atomic_set()
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 07:52:15AM +0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> I agree, and thanks for the suggestion! And I change the sentence in
> atomic_t.txt with:
> 
> 	A note for the implementation of atomic_set{}() is that it
> 	cannot break the atomicity of the RMW ops.
> 
> , since I think that part of the doc is more about the suggestion to
> anyone who want to implement the atomic_set(). Peter, is that OK to you?

Sure.