On Mon, 3 Sep 2018, Andrea Parri wrote: > In Cat speak, > > diff --git a/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat > index 59b5cbe6b6240..fd9c0831adf0a 100644 > --- a/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat > +++ b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat > @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ let strong-fence = mb | gp > (* Release Acquire *) > let acq-po = [Acquire] ; po ; [M] > let po-rel = [M] ; po ; [Release] > -let rfi-rel-acq = [Release] ; rfi ; [Acquire] > +let po-rel-rf-acq-po = po ; [Release] ; rf ; [Acquire] ; po > > (**********************************) > (* Fundamental coherence ordering *) > @@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ let dep = addr | data > let rwdep = (dep | ctrl) ; [W] > let overwrite = co | fr > let to-w = rwdep | (overwrite & int) > -let to-r = addr | (dep ; rfi) | rfi-rel-acq > +let to-r = addr | (dep ; rfi) > let fence = strong-fence | wmb | po-rel | rmb | acq-po > -let ppo = to-r | to-w | fence > +let ppo = to-r | to-w | fence | (po-rel-rf-acq-po & int) > > (* Propagation: Ordering from release operations and strong fences. *) > let A-cumul(r) = rfe? ; r > -let cumul-fence = A-cumul(strong-fence | po-rel) | wmb > +let cumul-fence = A-cumul(strong-fence | po-rel) | wmb | po-rel-rf-acq-po > let prop = (overwrite & ext)? ; cumul-fence* ; rfe? > > (* I thought the goal you were aiming for was a patch making atomic-acquire/ordinary-release be RCtso (along with lock/unlock), while leaving ordinary-acquire/ordinary-release to remain RCpc. Clearly that is not what this patch does. Alan