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SubjectRe: [GIT PULL v2 rcu/next] memory-barriers.txt commits for 4.6
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:26:25AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > [...] In fact, in view of the no-diagrams and no-quizzes restrictions, I don't
> > see a way to improve on comments in the source code. [...]
>
> So I don't think there's such a hard restriction: AFAICS Linus's main problem was
> the dual .html and .htmlx file for what essentially are the same documents.
>
> If you can solve that with a single (.html?) file then I think it's all OK.

Very good!

I do have a prototype in -rcu on branch rcu/dev that uses Linus's second
suggestion, namely blanking out the answer so that the user mouse-selects
it to see it. I am now chasing down the w3c validator complaints.
Of course, there will likely be some review feedback. ;-)

> > The memory-barriers.txt commits are available in the git repository at:
> >
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git for-mingo
> >
> > for you to fetch changes up to 65f95ff2e41a32dd190cf28e3abb029625eef968:
> >
> > documentation: Clarify compiler store-fusion example (2016-03-14 15:52:19 -0700)
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Paul E. McKenney (7):
> > documentation: Fix control dependency and identical stores
> > documentation: Fix memory-barriers.txt section references
> > documentation: Remove obsolete reference to RCU-protected indexes
> > documentation: Subsequent writes ordered by rcu_dereference()
> > documentation: Distinguish between local and global transitivity
> > documentation: Add alternative release-acquire outcome
> > documentation: Transitivity is not cumulativity
> >
> > SeongJae Park (1):
> > documentation: Clarify compiler store-fusion example
> >
> > Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 141 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> > 1 file changed, 116 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
> Pulled into tip:locking/urgent, thanks a lot Paul!

Thank you, Ingo!

I will likely have one more locktorture RFC pull request, if that works
for you. This fixes a bug and has very few users, so very low risk.

Thanx, Paul

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