C MP+polocks (* * Result: Never * * This litmus test demonstrates how lock acquisitions and releases can * stand in for smp_load_acquire() and smp_store_release(), respectively. * In other words, when holding a given lock (or indeed after releasing a * given lock), a CPU is not only guaranteed to see the accesses that other * CPUs made while previously holding that lock, it is also guaranteed * to see all prior accesses by those other CPUs. *) {} P0(int *x, int *y, spinlock_t *mylock) { WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1); spin_lock(mylock); WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1); spin_unlock(mylock); } P1(int *x, int *y, spinlock_t *mylock) { int r0; int r1; spin_lock(mylock); r0 = READ_ONCE(*y); spin_unlock(mylock); r1 = READ_ONCE(*x); } exists (1:r0=1 /\ 1:r1=0) |