Re: Bug in herd7 [Was: Re: Litmus test for question from Al Viro]

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 10:01:48AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 07:50:25PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > There are some distractions at the moment.
> > 
> > Please see below.  If this is not exactly correct, I will use "git rm"
> > and let you submit the patch as you wish.
> > 
> > 						Thanx, Paul
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > commit dc0119c24b64f9d541b94ba5d17eec0cbc265bfa
> > Author: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
> > Date:   Tue Oct 6 09:38:37 2020 -0700
> > 
> >     manual/kernel: Add LB data dependency test with no intermediate variable
> >     
> >     Test whether herd7 can detect a data dependency when there is no
> >     intermediate local variable, as in WRITE_ONCE(*x, READ_ONCE(*y)).
> >     Commit 0f3f8188a326 in herdtools fixed an oversight which caused such
> >     dependencies to be missed.
> >     
> >     Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
> >     Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> > 
> > diff --git a/manual/kernel/C-LB+mb+data.litmus b/manual/kernel/C-LB+mb+data.litmus
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..e9e24e0
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/manual/kernel/C-LB+mb+data.litmus
> > @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
> > +C LB+mb+data
> > +(*
> > + * Result: Never
> > + *
> > + * Versions of herd7 prior to commit 0f3f8188a326 ("[herd] Fix dependency
> > + * definition") recognize data dependencies only when they flow through
> > + * an intermediate local variable.  Since the dependency in P1 doesn't,
> > + * those versions get the wrong answer for this test.
> > + *)
> > +
> > +{}
> > +
> > +P0(int *x, int *y)
> > +{
> > +	int r1;
> > +
> > +	r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> > +	smp_mb();
> > +	WRITE_ONCE(*y, r1);
> > +}
> > +
> > +P1(int *x, int *y)
> > +{
> > +	WRITE_ONCE(*x, READ_ONCE(*y));
> > +}
> > +
> > +exists (0:r1=1)
> 
> Okay, that's exactly what it should be.  :-)

Whew!!!  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul