Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:55:46 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | [PATCH 2/3] tools: memory-model: Change definition of rcu-fence |
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The rcu-fence relation in the Linux Kernel Memory Model is not well named. It doesn't act like any other fence relation, in that it does not relate events before a fence to events after that fence. All it does is relate certain RCU events to one another (those that are ordered by the RCU Guarantee); this induces an actual strong-fence-like relation linking events preceding the first RCU event to those following the second.
This patch renames rcu-fence, now called rcu-order. It adds a new definition of rcu-fence, something which should have been present all along because it is used in the rb relation. And it modifies the fence and strong-fence relations by making them incorporate the new rcu-fence.
As a result of this change, there is no longer any need to define full-fence in the section for detecting data races. It can simply be replaced by the updated strong-fence relation.
This change should have no effect on the operation of the memory model.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
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tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat | 23 +++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
Index: usb-devel/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat =================================================================== --- usb-devel.orig/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat +++ usb-devel/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat @@ -124,24 +124,28 @@ let rcu-link = po? ; hb* ; pb* ; prop ; (* * Any sequence containing at least as many grace periods as RCU read-side - * critical sections (joined by rcu-link) acts as a generalized strong fence. + * critical sections (joined by rcu-link) induces order like a generalized + * inter-CPU strong fence. * Likewise for SRCU grace periods and read-side critical sections, provided * the synchronize_srcu() and srcu_read_[un]lock() calls refer to the same * struct srcu_struct location. *) -let rec rcu-fence = rcu-gp | srcu-gp | +let rec rcu-order = rcu-gp | srcu-gp | (rcu-gp ; rcu-link ; rcu-rscsi) | ((srcu-gp ; rcu-link ; srcu-rscsi) & loc) | (rcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; rcu-gp) | ((srcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; srcu-gp) & loc) | - (rcu-gp ; rcu-link ; rcu-fence ; rcu-link ; rcu-rscsi) | - ((srcu-gp ; rcu-link ; rcu-fence ; rcu-link ; srcu-rscsi) & loc) | - (rcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; rcu-fence ; rcu-link ; rcu-gp) | - ((srcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; rcu-fence ; rcu-link ; srcu-gp) & loc) | - (rcu-fence ; rcu-link ; rcu-fence) + (rcu-gp ; rcu-link ; rcu-order ; rcu-link ; rcu-rscsi) | + ((srcu-gp ; rcu-link ; rcu-order ; rcu-link ; srcu-rscsi) & loc) | + (rcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; rcu-order ; rcu-link ; rcu-gp) | + ((srcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; rcu-order ; rcu-link ; srcu-gp) & loc) | + (rcu-order ; rcu-link ; rcu-order) +let rcu-fence = po ; rcu-order ; po? +let fence = fence | rcu-fence +let strong-fence = strong-fence | rcu-fence (* rb orders instructions just as pb does *) -let rb = prop ; po ; rcu-fence ; po? ; hb* ; pb* ; [Marked] +let rb = prop ; rcu-fence ; hb* ; pb* ; [Marked] irreflexive rb as rcu @@ -165,9 +169,8 @@ flag ~empty mixed-accesses as mixed-acce (* Executes-before and visibility *) let xbstar = (hb | pb | rb)* -let full-fence = strong-fence | (po ; rcu-fence ; po?) let vis = cumul-fence* ; rfe? ; [Marked] ; - ((full-fence ; [Marked] ; xbstar) | (xbstar & int)) + ((strong-fence ; [Marked] ; xbstar) | (xbstar & int)) (* Boundaries for lifetimes of plain accesses *) let w-pre-bounded = [Marked] ; (addr | fence)?
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