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| author |   Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> | 2020-03-22 21:57:34 -0400 |
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| committer |   Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2020-06-29 12:05:18 -0700 |
| commit | a591890c4e91f37ce858a3090b16e0eef2511575 (patch) | |
| tree | 52a178c6611610e12262984a461f4120b5f0c7ae /Documentation/litmus-tests/README | |
| parent | Documentation: LKMM: Add litmus test for RCU GP guarantee where updater frees object (diff) | |
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Documentation: LKMM: Add litmus test for RCU GP guarantee where reader stores
This adds an example for the important RCU grace period guarantee, which
shows an RCU reader can never span a grace period.
Acked-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/litmus-tests/README b/Documentation/litmus-tests/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c4307ea9f996 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/litmus-tests/README @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +============ +LITMUS TESTS +============ + +RCU (/rcu directory) +-------------------- + +RCU+sync+read.litmus +RCU+sync+free.litmus + Both the above litmus tests demonstrate the RCU grace period guarantee + that an RCU read-side critical section can never span a grace period. |