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Date:   Fri, 2 Mar 2018 09:38:08 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc:     Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2 RFC] tools/memory-model: redefine rb in terms of
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On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 10:17:55AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2018, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 12:31:41PM +0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 10:37:58AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 09:49:06AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > 
> > [ . . . ]
> > 
> > > > And as Andrea pointed out off-list, I did indeed mess up Boqun's change.
> > > > I forgot to change the "irreflexive" into "acyclic".  Applying that change
> > > > makes everything work.
> > > > 
> > > > Please accept my apologies for my confusion!
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > np, also I should have provided a proper patch for your testing.
> > > 
> > > For this Alan's patch, feel free to add:
> > > 
> > > Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> > 
> > Alan's last submission was still RFC, so I have not yet queued it.
> > So this ball is still in Alan's court.
> 
> I'll wait a few more days to see if there are any other comments and 
> then submit it officially.

Will do!

							Thanx, Paul