From a591890c4e91f37ce858a3090b16e0eef2511575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:57:34 -0400 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Documentation/litmus-tests/README | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/litmus-tests/README (limited to 'Documentation/litmus-tests/README') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3