Re: [PATCH] tools/memory-model: Fix litmus-tests's file names for case-insensitive filesystem.

2024. 11. 12. 22:53 keltezéssel, Paul E. McKenney írta:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 03:20:00PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 10:26:37AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>> We do have a rule for the filenames in that directory that most of
>>> them follow (I am looking at *you*, "dep+plain.litmus"!).  So we have
>>> a few options:
>>>
>>> 1.	Status quo.  (How boring!!!)
>>>
>>> 2.	Come up with a better rule mapping the litmus-test file
>>> 	contents to the filename, and rename things to follow that rule.
>>> 	(Holy bikeshedding, Batman!)
>>>
>>> 3.	Keep it simple and keep the current rule, but make the
>>> 	combination of spin_lock() and smp_mb__after_spinlock()
>>> 	have a greater Hamming distance from "lock".  Szőke's
>>> 	patch changed only one of the filenames containing "Lock".
>>> 	(Bikeshedding, but narrower scope.)
>>>
>>> 4.	One of the above, but bring the litmus tests not following
>>> 	the rule into compliance.
>>>
>>> 5.	Give up on the idea of the name reflecting the contents of the
>>> 	file, and just number them or something.  (More bikeshedding
>>> 	and a different form of confusion.)
>>>
>>> 6.	#5, but accompanied by some tool or script that allows easy
>>> 	searching of the litmus tests by pattern of interaction.
>>> 	(Easy for *me* to say!)
>>>
>>> 7.	Something else entirely.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Thumbs up for 3.
> 
> Very good!  Any nominations for the lucky replacement for "Lock"?
> 
> 							Thanx, Paul

Subject: [PATCH] tools/memory-model: Fix litmus-tests's file names.
Makes a greater Hamming distance for name of Z6.0+pooncelock* files.
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