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authorBoqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>2020-03-26 10:40:19 +0800
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2020-06-29 12:05:18 -0700
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tools/memory-model: Add an exception for limitations on _unless() family
According to Luc, atomic_add_unless() is directly provided by herd7, therefore it can be used in litmus tests. So change the limitation section in README to unlimit the use of atomic_add_unless(). Cc: Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@inria.fr> Acked-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/tools/memory-model/README b/tools/memory-model/README
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+++ b/tools/memory-model/README
@@ -207,11 +207,15 @@ The Linux-kernel memory model (LKMM) has the following limitations:
case as a store release.
b. The "unless" RMW operations are not currently modeled:
- atomic_long_add_unless(), atomic_add_unless(),
- atomic_inc_unless_negative(), and
- atomic_dec_unless_positive(). These can be emulated
+ atomic_long_add_unless(), atomic_inc_unless_negative(),
+ and atomic_dec_unless_positive(). These can be emulated
in litmus tests, for example, by using atomic_cmpxchg().
+ One exception of this limitation is atomic_add_unless(),
+ which is provided directly by herd7 (so no corresponding
+ definition in linux-kernel.def). atomic_add_unless() is
+ modeled by herd7 therefore it can be used in litmus tests.
+
c. The call_rcu() function is not modeled. It can be
emulated in litmus tests by adding another process that
invokes synchronize_rcu() and the body of the callback