[PATCH 2/3] tools: memory-model: Change definition of rcu-fence

[PATCH 2/3] tools: memory-model: Change definition of rcu-fence

[Alan Stern]

The rcu-fence relation in the Linux Kernel Memory Model is not well
named.  It doesn't act like any other fence relation, in that it does
not relate events before a fence to events after that fence.  All it
does is relate certain RCU events to one another (those that are
ordered by the RCU Guarantee); this induces an actual
strong-fence-like relation linking events preceding the first RCU
event to those following the second.

This patch renames rcu-fence, now called rcu-order.  It adds a new
definition of rcu-fence, something which should have been present all
along because it is used in the rb relation.  And it modifies the
fence and strong-fence relations by making them incorporate the new
rcu-fence.

As a result of this change, there is no longer any need to define
full-fence in the section for detecting data races.  It can simply be
replaced by the updated strong-fence relation.

This change should have no effect on the operation of the memory model.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>

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 tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat |   23 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Index: usb-devel/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat
===================================================================
--- usb-devel.orig/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat
+++ usb-devel/tools/memory-model/linux-kernel.cat
@@ -124,24 +124,28 @@ let rcu-link = po? ; hb* ; pb* ; prop ;
 
 (*
  * Any sequence containing at least as many grace periods as RCU read-side
- * critical sections (joined by rcu-link) acts as a generalized strong fence.
+ * critical sections (joined by rcu-link) induces order like a generalized
+ * inter-CPU strong fence.
  * Likewise for SRCU grace periods and read-side critical sections, provided
  * the synchronize_srcu() and srcu_read_[un]lock() calls refer to the same
  * struct srcu_struct location.
  *)
-let rec rcu-fence = rcu-gp | srcu-gp |
+let rec rcu-order = rcu-gp | srcu-gp |
 	(rcu-gp ; rcu-link ; rcu-rscsi) |
 	((srcu-gp ; rcu-link ; srcu-rscsi) & loc) |
 	(rcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; rcu-gp) |
 	((srcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; srcu-gp) & loc) |
-	(rcu-gp ; rcu-link ; rcu-fence ; rcu-link ; rcu-rscsi) |
-	((srcu-gp ; rcu-link ; rcu-fence ; rcu-link ; srcu-rscsi) & loc) |
-	(rcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; rcu-fence ; rcu-link ; rcu-gp) |
-	((srcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; rcu-fence ; rcu-link ; srcu-gp) & loc) |
-	(rcu-fence ; rcu-link ; rcu-fence)
+	(rcu-gp ; rcu-link ; rcu-order ; rcu-link ; rcu-rscsi) |
+	((srcu-gp ; rcu-link ; rcu-order ; rcu-link ; srcu-rscsi) & loc) |
+	(rcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; rcu-order ; rcu-link ; rcu-gp) |
+	((srcu-rscsi ; rcu-link ; rcu-order ; rcu-link ; srcu-gp) & loc) |
+	(rcu-order ; rcu-link ; rcu-order)
+let rcu-fence = po ; rcu-order ; po?
+let fence = fence | rcu-fence
+let strong-fence = strong-fence | rcu-fence
 
 (* rb orders instructions just as pb does *)
-let rb = prop ; po ; rcu-fence ; po? ; hb* ; pb* ; [Marked]
+let rb = prop ; rcu-fence ; hb* ; pb* ; [Marked]
 
 irreflexive rb as rcu
 
@@ -165,9 +169,8 @@ flag ~empty mixed-accesses as mixed-acce
 
 (* Executes-before and visibility *)
 let xbstar = (hb | pb | rb)*
-let full-fence = strong-fence | (po ; rcu-fence ; po?)
 let vis = cumul-fence* ; rfe? ; [Marked] ;
-	((full-fence ; [Marked] ; xbstar) | (xbstar & int))
+	((strong-fence ; [Marked] ; xbstar) | (xbstar & int))
 
 (* Boundaries for lifetimes of plain accesses *)
 let w-pre-bounded = [Marked] ; (addr | fence)?