C Z6.0+pooncerelease+poacquirerelease+fencembonceonce (* * Result: Sometimes * * This litmus test shows that a release-acquire chain, while sufficient * when there is but one non-reads-from (AKA non-rf) link, does not suffice * if there is more than one. Of the three processes, only P1() reads from * P0's write, which means that there are two non-rf links: P1() to P2() * is a write-to-write link (AKA a "coherence" or just "co" link) and P2() * to P0() is a read-to-write link (AKA a "from-reads" or just "fr" link). * When there are two or more non-rf links, you typically will need one * full barrier for each non-rf link. (Exceptions include some cases * involving locking.) *) {} P0(int *x, int *y) { WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1); smp_store_release(y, 1); } P1(int *y, int *z) { int r0; r0 = smp_load_acquire(y); smp_store_release(z, 1); } P2(int *x, int *z) { int r1; WRITE_ONCE(*z, 2); smp_mb(); r1 = READ_ONCE(*x); } exists (1:r0=1 /\ z=2 /\ 2:r1=0)