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    Subject[tip:locking/core] tools/memory-order: Improve key for SELF and SV
    Commit-ID:  35bb6ee6790600d29c598ebbf262359341f34e38
    Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/35bb6ee6790600d29c598ebbf262359341f34e38
    Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    AuthorDate: Mon, 14 May 2018 16:33:43 -0700
    Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    CommitDate: Tue, 15 May 2018 08:11:16 +0200

    tools/memory-order: Improve key for SELF and SV

    The key for "SELF" was missing completely and the key for "SV" was
    a bit obtuse. This commit therefore adds a key for "SELF" and improves
    the one for "SV".

    Reported-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
    Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
    Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
    Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
    Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
    Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
    Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
    Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
    Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1526340837-12222-5-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
    Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    ---
    tools/memory-model/Documentation/cheatsheet.txt | 3 ++-
    1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

    diff --git a/tools/memory-model/Documentation/cheatsheet.txt b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/cheatsheet.txt
    index c0eafdaddfa4..46fe79afc737 100644
    --- a/tools/memory-model/Documentation/cheatsheet.txt
    +++ b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/cheatsheet.txt
    @@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ Key: C: Ordering is cumulative
    DR: Dependent read (address dependency)
    DW: Dependent write (address, data, or control dependency)
    RMW: Atomic read-modify-write operation
    - SV Same-variable access
    + SELF: Orders self, as opposed to accesses before and/or after
    + SV: Orders later accesses to the same variable
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