C RCU+sync+free (* * Result: Never * * This litmus test demonstrates that an RCU reader can never see a write that * follows a grace period, if it did not see writes that precede that grace * period. * * This is a typical pattern of RCU usage, where the write before the grace * period assigns a pointer, and the writes following the grace period destroy * the object that the pointer used to point to. * * This is one implication of the RCU grace-period guarantee, which says (among * other things) that an RCU read-side critical section cannot span a grace period. *) { int x = 1; int *y = &x; int z = 1; } P0(int *x, int *z, int **y) { int *r0; int r1; rcu_read_lock(); r0 = rcu_dereference(*y); r1 = READ_ONCE(*r0); rcu_read_unlock(); } P1(int *x, int *z, int **y) { rcu_assign_pointer(*y, z); synchronize_rcu(); WRITE_ONCE(*x, 0); } exists (0:r0=x /\ 0:r1=0)