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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 1/5] tools/memory-model: Add an exception for limitations on _unless() family
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2020, Boqun Feng wrote:
>
> > According to Luc, atomic_add_unless() is directly provided by herd7,
> > therefore it can be used in litmus tests. So change the limitation
> > section in README to unlimit the use of atomic_add_unless().
>
> Is this really true? Why does herd treat atomic_add_unless() different
> from all the other atomic RMS ops? All the other ones we support do
> have entries in linux-kernel.def.

I think this to be true :)

As far as I remember atomic_add_unless is quite different fron other atomic
RMW ops and called for a specific all-OCaml implementation, without an
entry in linux-kernel.def. As to atomic_long_add_unless, I was not aware
of its existence.

--Luc

>
> Alan
>
> PS: It seems strange to support atomic_add_unless but not
> atomic_long_add_unless. The difference between the two is trivial.
>
> >
> > Cc: Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@inria.fr>
> > Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > tools/memory-model/README | 10 +++++++---
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/memory-model/README b/tools/memory-model/README
> > index fc07b52f2028..409211b1c544 100644
> > --- a/tools/memory-model/README
> > +++ b/tools/memory-model/README
> > @@ -207,11 +207,15 @@ The Linux-kernel memory model (LKMM) has the following limitations:
> > case as a store release.
> >
> > b. The "unless" RMW operations are not currently modeled:
> > - atomic_long_add_unless(), atomic_add_unless(),
> > - atomic_inc_unless_negative(), and
> > - atomic_dec_unless_positive(). These can be emulated
> > + atomic_long_add_unless(), atomic_inc_unless_negative(),
> > + and atomic_dec_unless_positive(). These can be emulated
> > in litmus tests, for example, by using atomic_cmpxchg().
> >
> > + One exception of this limitation is atomic_add_unless(),
> > + which is provided directly by herd7 (so no corresponding
> > + definition in linux-kernel.def). atomic_add_unless() is
> > + modeled by herd7 therefore it can be used in litmus tests.
> > +
> > c. The call_rcu() function is not modeled. It can be
> > emulated in litmus tests by adding another process that
> > invokes synchronize_rcu() and the body of the callback
> >

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