[tip:locking/core] tools/memory-model: Add documentation of new litmus test

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Commit-ID:  ff1fe5e079730f138c98b268ce2e8482a1d954b4
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/ff1fe5e079730f138c98b268ce2e8482a1d954b4
Author:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 09:27:39 -0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 10:22:23 +0100

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

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 <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: akiyks@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: j.alglave@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: luc.maranget@xxxxxxxx
Cc: npiggin@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: will.deacon@xxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1520443660-16858-3-git-send-email-paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README
index dca7d823ad57..04096fb8b8d9 100644
--- a/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README
+++ b/tools/memory-model/litmus-tests/README
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ IRIW+poonceonces+OnceOnce.litmus
 	order of a pair of writes, where each write is to a different
 	variable by a different process?
 
+ISA2+pooncelock+pooncelock+pombonce.litmus
+	Tests whether the ordering provided by a lock-protected S
+	litmus test is visible to an external process whose accesses are
+	separated by smp_mb().	This addition of an external process to
+	S is otherwise known as ISA2.
+
 ISA2+poonceonces.litmus
 	As below, but with store-release replaced with WRITE_ONCE()
 	and load-acquire replaced with READ_ONCE().
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