tools/memory-model: Weaken ctrl dependency definition in explanation.txt
authorPaul Heidekrüger <paul.heidekrueger@in.tum.de>
Sat, 3 Sep 2022 16:57:17 +0000 (16:57 +0000)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 22:14:52 +0000 (15:14 -0700)
commitfc13b47692efdc829842757798011fa2e13eb9ff
treebafe71e70ad900c24b4d0d07b37f136c054723fa
parent9abf2313adc1ca1b6180c508c25f22f9395cc780
tools/memory-model: Weaken ctrl dependency definition in explanation.txt

The current informal control dependency definition in explanation.txt is
too broad and, as discussed, needs to be updated.

Consider the following example:

> if(READ_ONCE(x))
>   return 42;
>
> WRITE_ONCE(y, 42);
>
> return 21;

The read event determines whether the write event will be executed "at all"
- as per the current definition - but the formal LKMM does not recognize
this as a control dependency.

Introduce a new definition which includes the requirement for the second
memory access event to syntactically lie within the arm of a non-loop
conditional.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220615114330.2573952-1-paul.heidekrueger@in.tum.de/
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Charalampos Mainas <charalampos.mainas@gmail.com>
Cc: Pramod Bhatotia <pramod.bhatotia@in.tum.de>
Cc: Soham Chakraborty <s.s.chakraborty@tudelft.nl>
Cc: Martin Fink <martin.fink@in.tum.de>
Co-developed-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Paul Heidekrüger <paul.heidekrueger@in.tum.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt