Commit-ID: 1bd3742043fa44dd0ec25770abdcdfe1f6e8681e Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/1bd3742043fa44dd0ec25770abdcdfe1f6e8681e Author: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> AuthorDate: Mon, 14 May 2018 16:33:49 -0700 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> CommitDate: Tue, 15 May 2018 08:11:17 +0200
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.pa...@amarulasolutions.com> Reported-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> [ paulmck: Updated wording as suggested by Alan Stern. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Alan Stern <st...@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> Cc: Will Deacon <will.dea...@arm.com> Cc: aki...@gmail.com Cc: boqun.f...@gmail.com Cc: dhowe...@redhat.com Cc: j.algl...@ucl.ac.uk Cc: linux-a...@vger.kernel.org Cc: luc.maran...@inria.fr Cc: npig...@gmail.com Cc: parri.and...@gmail.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1526340837-12222-11-git-send-email-paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> --- tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/IRIW+mbonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus | 2 +- tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README | 9 ++++++--- .../litmus-tests/WRC+pooncerelease+rmbonceonce+Once.litmus | 4 +++- 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. *) {}
