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author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2018-05-15 02:33:49 +0300 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2018-05-15 09:11:17 +0300 |
commit | 1bd3742043fa44dd0ec25770abdcdfe1f6e8681e (patch) | |
tree | 62075928e45d930e1af8dda515ef3f30618631d0 /tools | |
parent | 15553dcbca0638de57047e79b9fb4ea77aa04db3 (diff) | |
download | linux-1bd3742043fa44dd0ec25770abdcdfe1f6e8681e.tar.xz |
tools/memory-model: Flag "cumulativity" and "propagation" tests
This commit flags WRC+pooncerelease+rmbonceonce+Once.litmus
as being forbidden by smp_store_release() A-cumulativity and
IRIW+mbonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus as being forbidden by the LKMM
propagation rule.
Suggested-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
Reported-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
[ paulmck: Updated wording as suggested by Alan Stern. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1526340837-12222-11-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/IRIW+mbonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/IRIW+mbonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus index 50d5db9ea983..98a3716efa37 100644 --- a/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/IRIW+mbonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus +++ b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/IRIW+mbonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ C IRIW+mbonceonces+OnceOnce * between each pairs of reads. In other words, is smp_mb() sufficient to * cause two different reading processes to agree on the order of a pair * of writes, where each write is to a different variable by a different - * process? + * process? This litmus test exercises LKMM's "propagation" rule. *) {} diff --git a/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README index 6919909bbd0f..17eb9a8c222d 100644 --- a/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README +++ b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ IRIW+mbonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus between each pairs of reads. In other words, is smp_mb() sufficient to cause two different reading processes to agree on the order of a pair of writes, where each write is to a different - variable by a different process? + variable by a different process? This litmus test is forbidden + by LKMM's propagation rule. IRIW+poonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus Test of independent reads from independent writes with nothing @@ -119,8 +120,10 @@ S+wmbonceonce+poacquireonce.litmus WRC+poonceonces+Once.litmus WRC+pooncerelease+rmbonceonce+Once.litmus - These two are members of an extension of the MP litmus-test class - in which the first write is moved to a separate process. + These two are members of an extension of the MP litmus-test + class in which the first write is moved to a separate process. + The second is forbidden because smp_store_release() is + A-cumulative in LKMM. Z6.0+pooncelock+pooncelock+pombonce.litmus Is the ordering provided by a spin_unlock() and a subsequent diff --git a/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/WRC+pooncerelease+rmbonceonce+Once.litmus b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/WRC+pooncerelease+rmbonceonce+Once.litmus index 97fcbffde9a0..ad3448b941e6 100644 --- a/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/WRC+pooncerelease+rmbonceonce+Once.litmus +++ b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/WRC+pooncerelease+rmbonceonce+Once.litmus @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ C WRC+pooncerelease+rmbonceonce+Once * * This litmus test is an extension of the message-passing pattern, where * the first write is moved to a separate process. Because it features - * a release and a read memory barrier, it should be forbidden. + * a release and a read memory barrier, it should be forbidden. More + * specifically, this litmus test is forbidden because smp_store_release() + * is A-cumulative in LKMM. *) {} |