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diff --git a/Documentation/litmus-tests/README b/Documentation/litmus-tests/README index 658d37860d..6c666f3422 100644 --- a/Documentation/litmus-tests/README +++ b/Documentation/litmus-tests/README @@ -21,6 +21,51 @@ Atomic-RMW-ops-are-atomic-WRT-atomic_set.litmus Test that atomic_set() cannot break the atomicity of atomic RMWs. NOTE: Require herd7 7.56 or later which supports "(void)expr". +cmpxchg-fail-ordered-1.litmus + Demonstrate that a failing cmpxchg() operation acts as a full barrier + when followed by smp_mb__after_atomic(). + +cmpxchg-fail-ordered-2.litmus + Demonstrate that a failing cmpxchg() operation acts as an acquire + operation when followed by smp_mb__after_atomic(). + +cmpxchg-fail-unordered-1.litmus + Demonstrate that a failing cmpxchg() operation does not act as a + full barrier. + +cmpxchg-fail-unordered-2.litmus + Demonstrate that a failing cmpxchg() operation does not act as an + acquire operation. + + +locking (/locking directory) +---------------------------- + +DCL-broken.litmus + Demonstrates that double-checked locking needs more than just + the obvious lock acquisitions and releases. + +DCL-fixed.litmus + Demonstrates corrected double-checked locking that uses + smp_store_release() and smp_load_acquire() in addition to the + obvious lock acquisitions and releases. + +RM-broken.litmus + Demonstrates problems with "roach motel" locking, where code is + freely moved into lock-based critical sections. This example also + shows how to use the "filter" clause to discard executions that + would be excluded by other code not modeled in the litmus test. + Note also that this "roach motel" optimization is emulated by + physically moving P1()'s two reads from x under the lock. + + What is a roach motel? This is from an old advertisement for + a cockroach trap, much later featured in one of the "Men in + Black" movies. "The roaches check in. They don't check out." + +RM-fixed.litmus + The counterpart to RM-broken.litmus, showing P0()'s two loads from + x safely outside of the critical section. + RCU (/rcu directory) -------------------- |