Changes in README

293f5bc2 - Documentation/litmus-tests: Demonstrate unordered failing cmpxchg

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 19:17:54 +0000

Documentation/litmus-tests: Demonstrate unordered failing cmpxchgThis commit adds four litmus tests showing that a failing cmpxchg()operation is unordered unless followed by an smp_mb__after_atomic()operation.Suggested-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Alan Stern Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Boqun Feng Cc: Nicholas Piggin Cc: David Howells Cc: Jade Alglave Cc: Luc Maranget Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: Akira Yokosawa Cc: Daniel Lustig Cc: Joel Fernandes Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Cc: Acked-by: Andrea Parri List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/litmus-tests/README

d2c470c4 - Documentation/litmus-tests: Add locking tests to README

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:51:28 +0000

Documentation/litmus-tests: Add locking tests to READMEThis commit documents the litmus tests in the "locking" directory.[ paulmck: Apply formatting feedback from Andrea Parri. ]Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Alan Stern Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Boqun Feng Cc: Nicholas Piggin Cc: David Howells Cc: Jade Alglave Cc: Luc Maranget Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: Akira Yokosawa Cc: Daniel Lustig Cc: Joel Fernandes Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Cc: Acked-by: Andrea Parri List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/litmus-tests/README

57373671 - Documentation: litmus-tests: Correct spelling

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 06:39:45 +0000

Documentation: litmus-tests: Correct spellingCorrect spelling problems for Documentation/litmus-tests/ as reportedby codespell.Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Alan Stern Cc: Andrea Parri Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Boqun Feng Cc: Nicholas Piggin Cc: David Howells Cc: Jade Alglave Cc: Luc Maranget Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.orgCc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.orgReviewed-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/litmus-tests/README

5ef0a07a - Documentation/litmus-tests: Add note on herd7 7.56 in atomic litmus test

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:59:26 +0000

Documentation/litmus-tests: Add note on herd7 7.56 in atomic litmus testherdtools 7.56 has enhanced herd7's C parser so that the "(void)expr"construct in Atomic-RMW-ops-are-atomic-WRT-atomic_set.litmus isaccepted.This is independent of LKMM's cat model, so mention the requiredversion in the header of the litmus test and its entry in README.CC: Boqun Feng Reported-by: Andrea Parri Acked-by: Andrea Parri Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/litmus-tests/README

c425fb5f - Documentation/litmus-tests: Cite an RCU litmus test

Tue, 12 May 2020 02:06:46 +0000

Documentation/litmus-tests: Cite an RCU litmus testThis commit cites a pertinent RCU-related litmus test.Co-developed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Co-developed-by: Akira Yokosawa [Alan: grammar nit][ paulmck: Update commit log and title per Akira feedback. ]Suggested-by: Alan Stern Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/litmus-tests/README

cdaac9d6 - Documentation/litmus-tests: Merge atomic's README into top-level one

Sun, 10 May 2020 06:12:57 +0000

Documentation/litmus-tests: Merge atomic's README into top-level oneWhere Documentation/litmus-tests/README lists RCU litmus tests,Documentation/litmus-tests/atomic/README lists atomic litmus tests.For symmetry, merge the latter into former, with some contextadjustment in the introduction.Acked-by: Andrea Parri Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Acked-by: Boqun Feng Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/litmus-tests/README

a591890c - Documentation: LKMM: Add litmus test for RCU GP guarantee where reader stores

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 01:57:34 +0000

Documentation: LKMM: Add litmus test for RCU GP guarantee where reader storesThis adds an example for the important RCU grace period guarantee, whichshows an RCU reader can never span a grace period.Acked-by: Andrea Parri Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/litmus-tests/README