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@@ -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)
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