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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/memory-model')
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. *) {} |