Hello! This RFC series adds some miscellaneous updates to the Linux kernel memory model: 1. Clarify the origin and scope of the tool name to avoid confusion between "memory model" and "memory management", courtesy of Andrea Parri. 2. Move the maintainer list for LKMM to the main MAINTAINERS file, courtesy of Andrea Parri. 3. Add memory-barriers.txt to the LKMM MAINTAINERS entry, courtesy of Andrea Parri. 4. Add comments explaining the purpose of the various litmus tests. 5. Fix punctuation errors in litmus-tests/README. 6. Add Akira Yokosawa as an LKMM reviewer. 7. Cross-reference tools/memory-model from memory-barriers.txt, courtesy of Andrea Parri and Akira Yokosawa. 8. Fix description of data dependency barriers, courtesy of Nikolay Borisov. 9. Add required herd7 version to README file. 10. Add a S lock-based external-view litmus test, courtesy of Alan Stern. 11. Convert underscores to hyphens in .bell and .cat files for consistency with typical cat-language code. 12. Remove rb-dep, smp_read_barrier_depends, and lockless_dereference, which reflect recent Linux-kernel changes, courtesy of Alan Stern. Changes since v1: o Applied feedback from v1 posting. o Squashing patches together, as promised in v1. o Added patches 7-10 and 12. Thanx, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS | 15 - b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 8 b/MAINTAINERS | 18 ++ b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/cheatsheet.txt | 3 b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt | 81 +++++----- b/tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS | 2 b/tools/memory-model/README | 17 +- b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.bell | 9 - b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat | 15 - b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.def | 8 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/CoRR+poonceonce+Once.litmus | 7 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/CoRW+poonceonce+Once.litmus | 7 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/CoWR+poonceonce+Once.litmus | 7 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/CoWW+poonceonce.litmus | 7 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/IRIW+mbonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus | 10 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/IRIW+poonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus | 10 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/ISA2+pooncelock+pooncelock+pombonce.litmus | 41 +++++ b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/ISA2+poonceonces.litmus | 9 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/ISA2+pooncerelease+poacquirerelease+poacquireonce.litmus | 11 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/LB+ctrlonceonce+mbonceonce.litmus | 11 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/LB+poacquireonce+pooncerelease.litmus | 8 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/LB+poonceonces.litmus | 7 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+onceassign+derefonce.litmus | 11 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+polocks.litmus | 11 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+poonceonces.litmus | 7 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+pooncerelease+poacquireonce.litmus | 8 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+porevlocks.litmus | 11 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/MP+wmbonceonce+rmbonceonce.litmus | 8 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/R+mbonceonces.litmus | 9 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/R+poonceonces.litmus | 8 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README | 4 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/S+poonceonces.litmus | 9 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/S+wmbonceonce+poacquireonce.litmus | 7 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/SB+mbonceonces.litmus | 9 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/SB+poonceonces.litmus | 8 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/WRC+poonceonces+Once.litmus | 8 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/WRC+pooncerelease+rmbonceonce+Once.litmus | 8 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/Z6.0+pooncelock+poonceLock+pombonce.litmus | 9 + b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/Z6.0+pooncelock+pooncelock+pombonce.litmus | 8 b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/Z6.0+pooncerelease+poacquirerelease+mbonceonce.litmus | 14 + 40 files changed, 380 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)
