linux.git/tools/memory-model, branch v4.17.1

tools/memory-model: Finish the removal of rb-dep, smp_read_barrier_depends(), and lockless_dereference()

2018-03-10T09:22:23+00:00

Commit:

  bf28ae562744 ("tools/memory-model: Remove rb-dep, smp_read_barrier_depends, and lockless_dereference")

was merged too early, while it was still in RFC form.  This patch adds in
the missing pieces.

Akira pointed out some typos in the original patch, and he noted that
cheatsheet.txt should indicate that READ_ONCE() now implies an address
dependency.  Andrea suggested documenting the relationship betwwen
unsuccessful RMW operations and address dependencies.

Andrea pointed out that the macro for rcu_dereference() in linux.def
should now use the "once" annotation instead of "deref".  He also
suggested that the comments should mention commit:

  5a8897cc7631 ("locking/atomics/alpha: Add smp_read_barrier_depends() to _release()/_relaxed() atomics")

... as an important precursor, and he contributed commit:

  cb13b424e986 ("locking/xchg/alpha: Add unconditional memory barrier to cmpxchg()")

which is another prerequisite.

Suggested-by: Akira Yokosawa 
Suggested-by: Andrea Parri 
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern 
[ Fixed read_read_lock() typo reported by Akira. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Acked-by: Andrea Parri 
Acked-by: Akira Yokosawa 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Fixes: bf28ae562744 ("tools/memory-model: Remove rb-dep, smp_read_barrier_depends, and lockless_dereference")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1520443660-16858-4-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

tools/memory-model: Add documentation of new litmus test

2018-03-10T09:22:23+00:00

The litmus-tests/README file lacks any mention of the new litmus test
ISA2+pooncelock+pooncelock+pombonce.litmus.  This commit therefore
adds a description of this test.

Reported-by: Alan Stern 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1520443660-16858-3-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

tools/memory-model: Remove mention of docker/gentoo image

2018-03-10T09:22:23+00:00

Because the docker and gentoo images haven't been updated in quite some
time, they are likely to provide more confusion than help.  This commit
therefore removes mention of them from the README file.

Reported-by: Alan Stern 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1520443660-16858-2-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

tools/memory-model: Remove rb-dep, smp_read_barrier_depends, and lockless_dereference

2018-02-21T08:58:16+00:00

Since commit 76ebbe78f739 ("locking/barriers: Add implicit
smp_read_barrier_depends() to READ_ONCE()") was merged for the 4.15
kernel, it has not been necessary to use smp_read_barrier_depends().
Similarly, commit 59ecbbe7b31c ("locking/barriers: Kill
lockless_dereference()") removed lockless_dereference() from the
kernel.

Since these primitives are no longer part of the kernel, they do not
belong in the Linux Kernel Memory Consistency Model.  This patch
removes them, along with the internal rb-dep relation, and updates the
revelant documentation.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: nborisov@suse.com
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519169112-20593-12-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

tools/memory-model: Convert underscores to hyphens

2018-02-21T08:58:15+00:00

Typical cat-language code uses hyphens for word separators in
identifiers, but several LKMM identifiers use underscores instead.
This commit therefore converts underscores to hyphens in the .bell-
and .cat-file identifiers corresponding to smp_mb__before_atomic(),
smp_mb__after_atomic(), and smp_mb__after_spinlock().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: nborisov@suse.com
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
Cc: stern@rowland.harvard.edu
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519169112-20593-11-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

tools/memory-model: Add a S lock-based external-view litmus test

2018-02-21T08:58:15+00:00

This commit adds a litmus test in which P0() and P1() form a lock-based S
litmus test, with the addition of P2(), which observes P0()'s and P1()'s
accesses with a full memory barrier but without the lock.  This litmus
test asks whether writes carried out by two different processes under the
same lock will be seen in order by a third process not holding that lock.
The answer to this question is "yes" for all architectures supporting
the Linux kernel, but is "no" according to the current version of LKMM.

A patch to LKMM is under development.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: nborisov@suse.com
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519169112-20593-10-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

tools/memory-model: Add required herd7 version to README file

2018-02-21T08:58:15+00:00

LKMM and the herd7 tool are co-evolving, and out-of-date herd7 tools
produce inaccurate results, often with no obvious error messages.  This
commit therefore adds the required herd7 version to the LKMM README file.

Longer term, it would be good if .cat files could specify the required
version in a manner allowing herd7 to produce clear diagnostics.

Suggested-by: Akira Yokosawa 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: nborisov@suse.com
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
Cc: stern@rowland.harvard.edu
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519169112-20593-9-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

README: Fix a couple of punctuation errors

2018-02-21T08:58:14+00:00

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: nborisov@suse.com
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
Cc: stern@rowland.harvard.edu
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519169112-20593-5-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

EXP litmus_tests: Add comments explaining tests' purposes

2018-02-21T08:58:13+00:00

This commit adds comments to the litmus tests summarizing what these
tests are intended to demonstrate.

[ paulmck: Apply Andrea's and Alan's feedback. ]
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: nborisov@suse.com
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
Cc: stern@rowland.harvard.edu
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519169112-20593-4-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

MAINTAINERS: Add the Memory Consistency Model subsystem

2018-02-21T08:58:12+00:00

Move the contents of tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS into the main
MAINTAINERS file, removing tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS. This
allows get_maintainer.pl to correctly identify the maintainers of
tools/memory-model/.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Acked-by: Will Deacon 
Acked-by: Alan Stern 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
Cc: nborisov@suse.com
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519169112-20593-2-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar