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authorBill Traynor <wmat@riscv.org>2023-01-04 23:13:11 -0500
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[NOTE]
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-In the memory model literature, the term *RCpc* stands for release
+In the memory model literature, the term "RCpc" stands for release
consistency with processor-consistent synchronization operations, and
-the term *RCsc* stands for release consistency with sequentially
+the term "RCsc" stands for release consistency with sequentially
consistent synchronization operations.
While there are many different definitions for acquire and release
annotations in the literature, in the context of RVWMO these terms are
-concisely and completely defined by <<ppo, Preserved Program Order>> rules
-5-7.
+concisely and completely defined by <<ppo>> rules 5-7.
-*RCpc* annotations are currently only used when implicitly assigned to
-every memory access per the standard extension *Ztso*
+"RCpc" annotations are currently only used when implicitly assigned to
+every memory access per the standard extension "Ztso"
(<<ztso>>). Furthermore, although the ISA does not
currently contain native load-acquire or store-release instructions, nor
RCpc variants thereof, the RVWMO model itself is designed to be