Re: [PATCH] lkmm: docs: Put LKMM documentation into dev-tools book
"Paul E. McKenney" <[email protected]>
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On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 11:50:08AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> Currently, LKMM docs are not included in any of kernel documentation
> books.
>
> Commit e40573a43d16 ("docs: put atomic*.txt and memory-barriers.txt
> into the core-api book") covered plain-text docs under Documentation/
> by using the "include::" directive along with the ":literal:" option.
>
> As LKMM docs are not under Documentation/, the same approach would not
> work due to the limit of the include:: directive.
>
> As a matter of fact, kernel documentation has an extended directive
> by the name of "kernel-include::", which has no such limitation.
>
> Rather than moving LKMM docs around, use the latter with source tree's
> abspath passed through via the "SOURCEDIR" variable which is now defined
> in Documentation/Makefile, and make them included in the dev-tools book
> next to KCSAN.
>
> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <[email protected]>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
> ---
> Hi all, [+CC: Marco, due to the relation of KCSAN and LKMM]
>
> Without having seen much interest in "reSTructuring" LKMM docs [1],
> I went forward in the direction of literally including them without
> bothering with reST markups.
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkmm/[email protected]/
>
> This is more of a PoC of minimal glue/wrappers on top of Paul's dev
> branch which just works for me.
> [doesn't apply cleanly on top of Jon's docs-next due to a queued
> change in Documentaion/Makefile]
>
> Note that there is *no* change under tools/memory-model/.
> How does this look to you?
Looks fine to me!
Thanx, Paul
> Thanks, Akira
> --
> Documentation/Makefile | 1 +
> Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst | 1 +
> .../dev-tools/lkmm/docs/access-marking.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> .../dev-tools/lkmm/docs/cheatsheet.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> .../lkmm/docs/control-dependencies.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> .../dev-tools/lkmm/docs/explanation.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> .../dev-tools/lkmm/docs/glossary.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> .../lkmm/docs/herd-representation.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/index.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
> .../dev-tools/lkmm/docs/litmus-tests.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/locking.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> .../dev-tools/lkmm/docs/ordering.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/readme.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/recipes.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> .../dev-tools/lkmm/docs/references.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/simple.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/index.rst | 15 +++++++++++++
> Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/readme.rst | 11 ++++++++++
> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> 19 files changed, 193 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/access-marking.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/cheatsheet.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/control-dependencies.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/explanation.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/glossary.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/herd-representation.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/index.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/litmus-tests.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/locking.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/ordering.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/readme.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/recipes.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/references.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/simple.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/index.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/readme.rst
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
> index 63094646df28..988460db1ce1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/Makefile
> +++ b/Documentation/Makefile
> @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ quiet_cmd_sphinx = SPHINX $@ --> file://$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)/$3/$4)
> cmd_sphinx = $(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/userspace-api/media $2 && \
> PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
> BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) SPHINX_CONF=$(abspath $(src)/$5/$(SPHINX_CONF)) \
> + SOURCEDIR=$(abspath $(srctree)) \
> $(PYTHON3) $(srctree)/scripts/jobserver-exec \
> $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/Documentation/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh \
> $(SPHINXBUILD) \
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
> index 65c54b27a60b..4b8425e348ab 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Documentation/process/debugging/index.rst
> ubsan
> kmemleak
> kcsan
> + lkmm/index
> kfence
> kselftest
> kunit/index
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/access-marking.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/access-marking.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..1c11bb86b8ce
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/access-marking.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Access Marking
> +--------------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/access-marking.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/access-marking.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/cheatsheet.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/cheatsheet.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c510a578a8d1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/cheatsheet.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Cheatsheet
> +----------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/cheatsheet.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/cheatsheet.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/control-dependencies.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/control-dependencies.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..db18f18f56f7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/control-dependencies.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Control Dependencies
> +--------------------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/control-dependencies.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/control-dependencies.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/explanation.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/explanation.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..4b4592fb52da
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/explanation.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Explanation
> +-----------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/glossary.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/glossary.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..00376a226675
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/glossary.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Glossary
> +--------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/glossary.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/glossary.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/herd-representation.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/herd-representation.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..2fc4e6e5422b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/herd-representation.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +herd-representation
> +-------------------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/herd-representation``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/herd-representation.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/index.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/index.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..abbddcc009de
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/index.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Documentation
> +=============
> +
> +.. toctree::
> + :maxdepth: 1
> +
> + readme
> + simple
> + ordering
> + litmus-tests
> + locking
> + recipes
> + control-dependencies
> + access-marking
> + cheatsheet
> + explanation
> + herd-representation
> + glossary
> + references
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/litmus-tests.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/litmus-tests.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f1f27c573189
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/litmus-tests.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Litmus Tests
> +------------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/litmus-tests.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/litmus-tests.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/locking.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/locking.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c396107d2126
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/locking.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Locking
> +-------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/locking.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/locking.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/ordering.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/ordering.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..aef2f1f8ff89
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/ordering.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Ordering
> +--------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/ordering.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/ordering.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/readme.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/readme.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..3353feef52b4
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/readme.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +README (for LKMM Documentation)
> +-------------------------------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/README``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/README
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/recipes.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/recipes.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..a20d114422aa
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/recipes.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Recipes
> +-------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/recipes.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/recipes.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/references.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/references.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..04d3dfe69e3c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/references.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +References
> +----------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/references.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/references.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/simple.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/simple.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..0372520a43bd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/docs/simple.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Simple
> +------
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/simple.txt``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/Documentation/simple.txt
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/index.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/index.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e52782449ca3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/index.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +============================================
> +Linux Kernel Memory Consistency Model (LKMM)
> +============================================
> +
> +This section literally renders documents under ``tools/memory-model/``
> +and ``tools/memory-model/Documentation/``, which are maintained in
> +the *pure* plain text form.
> +
> +.. toctree::
> + :maxdepth: 2
> +
> + readme
> + docs/index
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/readme.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/readme.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..21ddad3b8fe2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/readme.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +README (for LKMM)
> +=================
> +
> +Literal include of ``tools/memory-model/README``.
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $SOURCEDIR/tools/memory-model/README
> + :literal:
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 96b827049501..c95b93e74287 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -13714,6 +13714,7 @@ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rcu/linux.git rcu/dev
> F: Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
> F: Documentation/atomic_t.txt
> F: Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst
> +F: Documentation/dev-tools/lkmm/
> F: Documentation/litmus-tests/
> F: Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> F: tools/memory-model/
>
> base-commit: e245fbc31c2450481e83110583793ea2eb51e7f7
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>