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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tools/memory-model] Add litmus-test naming scheme
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> > Right, thanks.  Ah, maybe we should strive to meet the 80-chars bound
> > by splitting the command with "\"?
> 
> We could, but combined with your later request for indentation, we end
> up with something like this:
> 
> 	$ norm7 -bell linux-kernel.bell \
> 		Rfi Once PodRR Once Fre Once Rfi Once PodRR Once Fre Once | \
> 	  sed -e 's/:.*//g'
> 	SB+rfionceonce-poonceonces
> 
> In the immortal words of MSDOS, are you sure?  ;-)

I find it more readable, but it's just taste ;-)  Commands are indented
with 2 spaces in the other README.


> > Well, "Rfi" produces "rfi" while "PosWR" produces "pos" for a name...
> 
> Right you are!  How about this, then?
> 
> Rfi: Read-from internal.  The current process wrote a variable and then
>         immediately read the value back from it.  For the purposes of
>         litmus-test code generation, Rfi acts identically to PosWR.
>         However, they differ for purposes of naming, and they also result
>         in different "exists" clauses.
> 	Example:  ???

LGTM, thanks.

  Andrea