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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-03-24 18:24:11 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-03-24 18:24:11 -0700
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parentMerge tag 'nolibc-20250308-for-6.15-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/... (diff)
parenttools/memory-model: glossary.txt: Fix indents (diff)
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Merge tag 'lkmm.2025.03.21a' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu
Pull kernel memory model updates from Paul McKenney: "Add more atomic operations, rework tags, and update documentation: - Add additional atomic operations (Puranjay Mohan) - Make better use of herd7 tags (Jonas Oberhauser) - Update documentation (Akira Yokosawa) These changes require v7.58 of the herd7 and klitmus tools, up from v7.52" * tag 'lkmm.2025.03.21a' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu: tools/memory-model: glossary.txt: Fix indents tools/memory-model/README: Fix typo tools/memory-model: Distinguish between syntactic and semantic tags tools/memory-model: Switch to softcoded herd7 tags tools/memory-model: Define effect of Mb tags on RMWs in tools/... tools/memory-model: Define applicable tags on operation in tools/... tools/memory-model: Legitimize current use of tags in LKMM macros tools/memory-model: Add atomic_andnot() with its variants tools/memory-model: Add atomic_and()/or()/xor() and add_negative
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diff --git a/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat b/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat
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@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ let R4rmb = R \ Noreturn (* Reads for which rmb works *)
let rmb = [R4rmb] ; fencerel(Rmb) ; [R4rmb]
let wmb = [W] ; fencerel(Wmb) ; [W]
let mb = ([M] ; fencerel(Mb) ; [M]) |
+ (*
+ * full-barrier RMWs (successful cmpxchg(), xchg(), etc.) act as
+ * though there were enclosed by smp_mb().
+ * The effect of these virtual smp_mb() is formalized by adding
+ * Mb tags to the read and write of the operation, and providing
+ * the same ordering as though there were additional po edges
+ * between the Mb tag and the read resp. write.
+ *)
+ ([M] ; po ; [Mb & R]) |
+ ([Mb & W] ; po ; [M]) |
([M] ; fencerel(Before-atomic) ; [RMW] ; po? ; [M]) |
([M] ; po? ; [RMW] ; fencerel(After-atomic) ; [M]) |
([M] ; po? ; [LKW] ; fencerel(After-spinlock) ; [M]) |