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@@ -195,6 +195,18 @@ litmus-tests
are listed in litmus-tests/README. A great deal more litmus
tests are available at https://github.com/paulmckrcu/litmus.
+ By "representative", it means the one in the litmus-tests
+ directory is:
+
+ 1) simple, the number of threads should be relatively
+ small and each thread function should be relatively
+ simple.
+ 2) orthogonal, there should be no two litmus tests
+ describing the same aspect of the memory model.
+ 3) textbook, developers can easily copy-paste-modify
+ the litmus tests to use the patterns on their own
+ code.
+
lock.cat
Provides a front-end analysis of lock acquisition and release,
for example, associating a lock acquisition with the preceding