Brian Norris [Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:41:35 +0000 (15:41 -0700)]
nodestack: document pop_restofstack()
Brian Demsky [Wed, 18 Jul 2012 03:36:07 +0000 (20:36 -0700)]
Add basic reads from support
Now we need to use the cyclegraph to eliminate bad executions...
Brian Demsky [Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:02:27 +0000 (16:02 -0700)]
Make stack popping explicit.
The current check will break in subtle ways as soon as we start to
add reads_from support as the thread selection is no longer the
only backtracking choice.
Brian Norris [Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:44:40 +0000 (22:44 -0700)]
nodestack: re-insert falsely-declared "dead code"
"remove dead code... loop entrance condition is i<backtrack.size(). Therefore,
this branch can never be taken."
False.
While the entrance condition prevents 'i == backtrack.size()', the loop may
exit with 'i == backtrack.size()', since i++ is executed after the last
iteration. Since we do not expect or want this condition to occur, though, I
transform this to a documented ASSERT().
Brian Norris [Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:26:25 +0000 (22:26 -0700)]
config: automatically determine BIT48
GCC says we can use _LP64, and LLVM (clang) imitates, so this can be
automatically redefined for 32-bit/64-bit architectures.
Also, add config.h to Makefile so it triggers a rebuild. This is still a blunt
mechanism, but it's fine for now.
Brian Demsky [Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:28:01 +0000 (22:28 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/home/git/model-checker
Brian Demsky [Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:26:54 +0000 (22:26 -0700)]
remove dead code... loop entrance condition is i<backtrack.size(). Therefore,
this branch can never be taken. remove it as it is confusing.
Brian Norris [Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:07:26 +0000 (22:07 -0700)]
action: fix uint64_t printf warning
Brian Demsky [Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:24:53 +0000 (16:24 -0700)]
no need to store into the object field... this will probably just lead to weird bugs in the future where
people wrongly assume reasonable values in the field...
Brian Demsky [Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:14:27 +0000 (16:14 -0700)]
really should be using a type that is big enough for all commonly used data types...
added some notes on unused_value flag to specify that this value does not guarantee an unused value...
Brian Demsky [Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:21:58 +0000 (10:21 -0700)]
the initialized logic appears to be wrong... release/acquire pairs only
establish synchronization if the load reads the release store... just because
all possible reads would synchronize doesn't mean that load can't fail to see them all...
Brian Norris [Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:15:58 +0000 (23:15 -0700)]
datarace: fixup, properly document BIT48
The "48-bit virtual address" macro should be checked with #if, not #ifdef,
since it's defined to 1 or 0. You would use #ifdef if it's either "define" or
"not defined." Make this clear in the comment as well.
Brian Norris [Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:12:29 +0000 (23:12 -0700)]
model: remove unused #include
Brian Norris [Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:18:25 +0000 (22:18 -0700)]
libthreads: thrd_join() always return 0
According to the spec, thrd_join() should return the return code from the
joining thread function. But for now, I implement the function type
(thrd_start_t, from C11) as returning void, not int. So just return 0 always.
Brian Norris [Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:17:48 +0000 (22:17 -0700)]
model: add documentation
Brian Norris [Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:58:18 +0000 (18:58 -0700)]
model: fixup "initialized" check in build_reads_from_past()
Some... (TODO: finish message here)
Brian Norris [Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:50:14 +0000 (17:50 -0700)]
model: only include the most recent seq_cst write in may_read_from
Brian Norris [Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:43:47 +0000 (17:43 -0700)]
model: add ModelChecker::get_last_seq_cst()
Add a function to get the last memory_order_seq_cst action (in the total global
sequence) performed on a particular object (i.e., memory location). Will be
used for build_reads_from_past().
Brian Norris [Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:38:10 +0000 (15:38 -0700)]
model: improve ModelChecker::get_last_conflict() search
Use the recently-added 'obj_map' to isolate a list of actions on only the
current object (memory location). That way, we don't have to iterate through as
much noise in our lists.
Brian Norris [Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:33:14 +0000 (15:33 -0700)]
model: add per-object action lists (obj_map)
This object list will map objects (i.e., memory locations) to traces of all
actions performed on the respective objects. This will be used for some seq_cst
and backtracking-conflict computations to reduce the space we have to search.
Brian Norris [Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:56:15 +0000 (13:56 -0700)]
reformat some doxygen comments, remove newlines
Avoiding newlines between a comment and its function header makes it more
obvious which function the comment belongs to.
Brian Norris [Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:29:34 +0000 (12:29 -0700)]
model: rearrange switch block, handle RMW
This switch block shouldn't have to be updated for every new action_type_t.
Rewrite so that we only have to worry about significant actions, like
ATOMIC_{READ,WRITE,RMW}.
Brian Norris [Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:18:00 +0000 (11:18 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into brian
Brian Norris [Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:05:20 +0000 (11:05 -0700)]
model: bugfix - resize thrd_last_action when adding objects
Apparently, STL vectors don't resize automatically, nor do they warn or print
errors when you access them out-of-bounds...
Brian Norris [Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:04:58 +0000 (11:04 -0700)]
model: factor out 'tid' calculation
Brian Norris [Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:57:16 +0000 (14:57 -0700)]
main: make function static
Brian Norris [Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:52:56 +0000 (14:52 -0700)]
action / threads: add THREAD_START action at start of each thread
The datarace code needs every thread to have at least one action in it, so that
the action has a valid non-zero clock.
Brian Norris [Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:37:53 +0000 (14:37 -0700)]
threads: use constructor initializer list
Brian Norris [Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:10:40 +0000 (14:10 -0700)]
action: add 'reads_from' member variable
Just printed out for now, but the 'reads_from' parameter might be used more
later.
Brian Norris [Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:15:06 +0000 (12:15 -0700)]
action: remove unused ModelAction::set_value()
Brian Norris [Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:53:07 +0000 (11:53 -0700)]
model: release/acquire synchronization
I forgot that I had already written the ModelAction::reads_from() code, and it
was just waiting to be hooked up :)
Anyway, I haven't really tested all the synchronization yet...
Brian Norris [Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:50:35 +0000 (11:50 -0700)]
clockvector: add 'const', fix comments in ClockVector::merge()
Brian Norris [Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:31:24 +0000 (21:31 -0700)]
remove EOL spaces, fix indentation
Brian Demsky [Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:12:42 +0000 (21:12 -0700)]
bug
Brian Demsky [Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:39:58 +0000 (20:39 -0700)]
documentation
Brian Demsky [Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:01:44 +0000 (15:01 -0700)]
fix bug
get rid of annoying compiler warning
Brian Demsky [Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:44:48 +0000 (14:44 -0700)]
hook up the race detector...
Brian Norris [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 07:06:09 +0000 (00:06 -0700)]
Merge branch 'datarace'
Brian Norris [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 07:05:34 +0000 (00:05 -0700)]
datarace: fix build error
Brian Demsky [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 06:56:24 +0000 (23:56 -0700)]
changes
Brian Norris [Thu, 5 Jul 2012 20:57:50 +0000 (13:57 -0700)]
libatomic: atomic_load() - use proper reads_from value
Finally utilize a return value from the model-checker, instead of
storing/retrieving a sequentially-consistent value in obj->value.
Brian Norris [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 01:37:11 +0000 (18:37 -0700)]
model: set reads_from "return value" in model-checker
Previously, values (let alone the reads-from relationship) were not actually
returned from the model-checker to the user. This step sets up the return value
so that the user context can retrieve it rather than using a value stuck in the
snapshotting memory.
There are still several TODOs along with the reads-from relationship, but this
code is stable enough for providing a basis for further work.
Brian Norris [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 01:12:59 +0000 (18:12 -0700)]
nodestack: add stub 'get_next_read_from()' function
This is the start of providing functional model-checking reads-from
relationships. It is a stub because it doesn't properly handle "backtracking"
and replay for reads-from assignments. It will simply return the first element
in may_read_from.
Brian Norris [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 01:58:21 +0000 (18:58 -0700)]
document some enumerated types
Brian Norris [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 00:54:54 +0000 (17:54 -0700)]
model: detect uninitialized atomic reads
Brian Norris [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 00:52:40 +0000 (17:52 -0700)]
nodestack: add print_may_read_from()
Brian Norris [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 00:39:42 +0000 (17:39 -0700)]
model: improve build_reads_from_past() comment
Brian Norris [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 00:21:33 +0000 (17:21 -0700)]
action: use constructor initializer list
Brian Norris [Sat, 7 Jul 2012 00:09:17 +0000 (17:09 -0700)]
action: support ATOMIC_INIT
For now, atomic_init() will be supported as simply a relaxed write. This
doesn't quite match the spec exactly [1, 2], but it is expedient for supporting
the common case of checking proper initialization.
[1] From C++ N3242, Section 29.6.5, Statement 8:
Non-atomically initializes *object with value desired.
Note: Concurrent access from another thread, even via an atomic
operation, constitutes a data race.
[2] Note that for now, my implementation will not flag concurrent atomic_init()
and atomic_store() as data races.
Brian Norris [Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:31:45 +0000 (16:31 -0700)]
threads: add per-thread "return" values for 'model-checking/user context' switch
The model-checker needs to return a value to the user context when performing
atomic loads, for instance. I will be implementing this by caching the return
value on a per-thread basis. This is because an atomic_load() might result in a
context switch before actually returning the value.
These functions are not yet used.
Brian Norris [Thu, 5 Jul 2012 23:41:49 +0000 (16:41 -0700)]
nodestack: build 'may_read_from' out of constant ModelActions
Make the 'may_read_from' set include only constant pointers.
Brian Norris [Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:47:20 +0000 (16:47 -0700)]
nodestack: action_set_t: replace STL 'set' with 'list'
Brian Norris [Fri, 6 Jul 2012 00:33:08 +0000 (17:33 -0700)]
trivial changes
* remove unnecessary 'class' keyword
* add ASSERT() in the 'thread_current()' function
* move #include into .cc file
* remove more end-of-line spaces
Brian Norris [Fri, 6 Jul 2012 23:08:34 +0000 (16:08 -0700)]
add more const qualifiers
Brian Norris [Tue, 3 Jul 2012 21:57:40 +0000 (14:57 -0700)]
model: make set_current_action() private
It's only used within ModelChecker...
Brian Norris [Fri, 6 Jul 2012 18:44:46 +0000 (11:44 -0700)]
datarace: factor subtle clock-vector logic into a reusable function
These comparisons are performed many times throughout datarace.cc, featuring a
lot of code duplication without strong documentation. This factors the
duplicated code into a single function and documents that single function more
clearly.
Brian Demsky: please review this fix (it should make no actual logical change)
and take a look at the TODO I have inserted; I'm not sure if the TODO is
warranted.
Brian Norris [Fri, 6 Jul 2012 18:27:20 +0000 (11:27 -0700)]
datarace: remove EOL spaces
Brian Norris [Fri, 6 Jul 2012 18:00:27 +0000 (11:00 -0700)]
datarace/clockvector: switch 'clocks' to use 'unsigned int' (modelclock_t)
Brian Norris [Fri, 6 Jul 2012 00:31:30 +0000 (17:31 -0700)]
clock: add modelclock_t typedef, use 'unsigned int'
Clocks should be unsigned and documented as their own 'modelclock_t' type.
Brian Demsky [Fri, 6 Jul 2012 07:39:00 +0000 (00:39 -0700)]
add forgetten file
Brian Demsky [Fri, 6 Jul 2012 07:38:38 +0000 (00:38 -0700)]
add support for datarace detection...
Brian Demsky [Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:41:31 +0000 (16:41 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/home/git/model-checker
Brian Norris [Tue, 3 Jul 2012 21:16:02 +0000 (14:16 -0700)]
Merge branch 'brian'
Subramanian Ganapathy [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:21:37 +0000 (12:21 -0700)]
Adding relevant comments for fork based implementation.
Brian Norris [Tue, 3 Jul 2012 19:54:03 +0000 (12:54 -0700)]
Makefile: compile *.cc separately
This Makefile rule doesn't have to include all *.cc files at once. They can be
compiled separately.
Note that this slows down compilation slightly, but it also allows better
parallel (jobserver) compilation; for example, you can use `make -j4' to
perform separate compilations using 4 different threads, utilizing a multi-core
system more effectively.
Brian Norris [Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:03:51 +0000 (11:03 -0700)]
nodestack: revert may_read_from to a normal member variable, not pointer
Because we don't control the 'new' operator for STL sets, I can't properly
ensure that it is allocated in non-snapshotting memory. So just make
may_read_from a normal member variable within class Node, so that its
initial 'allocation' is performed as part of the instantiation of its
subsuming Node object.
Brian Norris [Tue, 3 Jul 2012 16:23:11 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
action: add {get,set}_value(), assign default value
Brian Norris [Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:24:50 +0000 (13:24 -0700)]
add documentation
Brian Norris [Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:22:31 +0000 (12:22 -0700)]
nodestack: only create may_read_from sets for read operations
Brian Norris [Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:07:39 +0000 (12:07 -0700)]
nodestack: re-associate ModelAction/Node relationship
Currently, the Node that is returned by ModelAction::get_node() actually
represents the Node that is parent to the ModelAction. This works well for
some of the backtracking computations (since the backtracking set is held
in the parent Node), but it creates confusion when performing computations
such as the following:
Node *node;
...
ModelAction *act = node->get_action();
Node *node2 = act->get_parent();
ASSERT(node == node2); // Fails
ASSERT(node->get_parent() == node2); // Succeeds
So this patch changes this behavior so that the first assertion (above)
succeeds and the second one fails. This is probably more desirable in the
long run.
Brian Norris [Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:47:24 +0000 (11:47 -0700)]
nodestack: add Node::get_parent() function
As I add more complicated backtracking and may-read-from relationships,
each Node might need some structural information to be able to reach its
parent Node.
To support this:
* the NodeStack should provide the parent information via Node constructor
* the Node should provide a get_parent() method
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:13:56 +0000 (15:13 -0700)]
model: make print_list() into a static C function
This function does not need to be a class member function. It only performs
a standard 'printing' option on a STL list of ModelAction objects.
Subramanian Ganapathy [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:21:37 +0000 (12:21 -0700)]
Adding relevant comments for fork based implementation.
Subramanian Ganapathy [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:45:14 +0000 (11:45 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/home/git/model-checker
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:17:40 +0000 (11:17 -0700)]
model: make comment more accurate
add_action_to_lists() does not only work on the per-object, per-thread action
list. It performs several pieces of bookkeeping.
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:16:38 +0000 (11:16 -0700)]
action: add const qualifier
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:38:31 +0000 (02:38 -0700)]
clockvector: add const qualifiers
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:37:47 +0000 (02:37 -0700)]
clockvector: add documentation
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:11:15 +0000 (02:11 -0700)]
Merge branch 'sandbox' (remove finalize())
Merge in the fix from Subramanian and me that eliminates the need for a
finalize() call. It was a kind of bug, in a way, that hopefully is fixed now...
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:10:12 +0000 (02:10 -0700)]
snapshot: switch back to mprotect-based snapshotting
Subramanian accidentally switched this configuration macro in his last
commit...
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:04:11 +0000 (02:04 -0700)]
model: build up 'may_read_from' set
Finally wire up the model-checker so that it builds the may_read_from set
for every 'read' action. I think this is working OK, although I don't have
much to really test it on yet.
Also, improve comments to describe the process in check_current_action().
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:59:01 +0000 (01:59 -0700)]
model: add build_reads_from_past() function
Add function that will build up the initial set of all past writes that a
'read' action may read from.
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:56:50 +0000 (01:56 -0700)]
action: add happens_before() function
Now I can easily compare two ModelActions with the happens_before()
relationship. Of course, the clock vectors are not fully complete yet, but
this sets the stage...
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:48:03 +0000 (01:48 -0700)]
clockvector: fix 'happens_before', change name to 'synchronized_since'
First, the 'happens_before' function needed to use an inclusive 'less-than'
(i.e., <=) instead of 'strictly less-than' (i.e., <) in order to fit with
most of the algorithm.
Second, the association of 'happens_before' directly with the ClockVector is
not very intuitive to use. I will write an additional happens_before()
function that can easily compare two ModelAction objects. So change this
happens_before() (with it awkward usage) to be called synchronized_since(),
representing whether the ClockVector's thread has previously synchronized
with the ModelAction's thread.
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:05:15 +0000 (01:05 -0700)]
action: add 'get_cv()' accessor function
Brian Norris [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:54:01 +0000 (00:54 -0700)]
nodestack: add 'may_read_from' set
Each Node (at least, each Node that is a 'read') will be associated with a
may_read_from set - the set of all possible ModelActions to read from. For now,
this interface handles only actions that exist in the past. It won't properly
retain information from future actions.
Brian Norris [Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:33:52 +0000 (16:33 -0700)]
nodestack: don't perform linear search to check if backtrack is empty
Add a simple add/remove counter to record when threads are 'added' and
'removed' from the backtracking set.
Brian Norris [Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:00:57 +0000 (16:00 -0700)]
action: add const qualifiers
Brian Norris [Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:51:06 +0000 (15:51 -0700)]
action: replace condition check with ASSERT()
Now that the ModelChecker and NodeStack have been refactored a bit, I don't
need to rely on create_cv() to avoid overwriting a previously-existing
clockvector; create_cv() will now be called at most once per ModelAction. So
change this condition to an ASSERT().
Brian Norris [Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:44:13 +0000 (15:44 -0700)]
nodestack/model: refactor explore_action(), change return semantics
ModelChecker would like to know when a new ModelAction is being inserted
into the NodeStack vs. when the new ModelAction should be discarded in
favor of a pre-existing one (due to replay). So I change the semantics of
NodeStack::explore_action() such that it does not always return a
ModelAction; now it returns NULL if the ModelAction was accepted into the
NodeStack, otherwise returning the ModelAction that was already in the
stack.
Now, ModelChecker can choose when to create new clock vectors as well as
other operations (to come) that may be performed only upon *first*
exploration of a new ModelAction.
Additionally, ModelChecker is now responsible for free-ing the ModelAction
if it is not going to be kept in NodeStack.
There should be no change in functionality.
Brian Norris [Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:30:19 +0000 (10:30 -0700)]
nodestack: more documentation
Brian Norris [Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:04:58 +0000 (10:04 -0700)]
cyclegraph: make this compile...
You need 'inttypes' for 'uintptr_t'
Brian Demsky [Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:44:13 +0000 (11:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/home/git/model-checker
Brian Demsky [Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:43:32 +0000 (11:43 -0700)]
builds
Brian Demsky [Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:10:35 +0000 (06:10 -0700)]
add hashtable
Brian Norris [Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:55:25 +0000 (23:55 -0700)]
Doxyfile: exclude malloc.c
I don't think we really want documentation for the dlmalloc code. It provides
several Doxygen warnings/complaints, and it muddies up some of the output HTML.
Maybe we can fix this up somehow later, but it's not really worth doing right
now.
Brian Demsky [Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:29:55 +0000 (14:29 +0800)]
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/home/git/model-checker
Brian Norris [Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:20:20 +0000 (23:20 -0700)]
fixup some doc wording
Brian Norris [Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:09:05 +0000 (23:09 -0700)]
add more documentation
I'm trying to add doxygen comments next to the definitions (not the
declaration) as much as possible, to keep the documentation as close to the
actual code as much as possible, helping to prevent errors as functionality
changes.
Brian Demsky [Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:59:42 +0000 (13:59 +0800)]
subramanian lied when he said he fixed these...