hi Paul, * Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hello, Ingo, > > This pull request contains a single commit that adds a memory model to > the tools directory. This memory model can (roughly speaking) be thought > of as an automated version of memory-barriers.txt. It is written in the > "cat" language, which is executable by the externally provided "herd7" > simulator, which exhaustively explores the state space of small litmus > tests. > > This memory model is accompanied by extensive documentation on its use > and its design. Two versions have been sent to LKML and feedback > incorporated: > > 1. http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171113184031.ga26...@linux.vnet.ibm.com > 2. http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180119035855.ga29...@linux.vnet.ibm.com > > This model has been presented and demoed at a number of Linux gatherings, > including the 2016 LinuxCon EU, the 2016 Linux Plumbers Conference, > the 2016 Linux Kernel Summit, the 2017 linux.conf.au, and the 2017 Linux > Plumbers Conference, which featured a workshop helping a number of Linux > kernel hackers install and use the tool. > > This memory model has matured to the point where it would be good to include > it in the Linux kernel, for example, to allow it to track changes as new > hardware and use cases are added. We expect the rate of change to be similar > to that of Documentation/memory-barriers.txt. > > This memory model is available in the git repository at: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git > > for you to fetch changes up to 1c27b644c0fdbc61e113b8faee14baeb8df32486: > > Automate memory-barriers.txt; provide Linux-kernel memory model (2018-01-24 > 20:53:49 -0800) Looks good to me, but the commit is not in the master branch of your tree, which branch should I pull? Thanks, Ingo
