From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754624AbeCGR0E (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2018 12:26:04 -0500 Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.156.1]:41332 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754469AbeCGR0B (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2018 12:26:01 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 09:26:27 -0800 From: "Paul E. McKenney" 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 Subject: [PATCH tools/memory-model 0/4] Documentation updates and fixes Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 18030717-0048-0000-0000-00000246308B X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00008629; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000254; SDB=6.00999660; UDB=6.00508496; IPR=6.00779066; MB=3.00019896; MTD=3.00000008; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2018-03-07 17:25:56 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18030717-0049-0000-0000-0000445D270A Message-Id: <20180307172627.GA15805@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2018-03-07_08:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=2 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=2 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 impostorscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1709140000 definitions=main-1803070200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@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(-)