model: simple refactoring
[c11tester.git] / model.cc
index a074f6c10c3e6ca8a47d80bcd5e08a81625f9256..cc035084b036015b94181ef7c61b17d2bbf77f65 100644 (file)
--- a/model.cc
+++ b/model.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ struct bug_message {
  */
 struct model_snapshot_members {
        model_snapshot_members() :
-               current_action(NULL),
                /* First thread created will have id INITIAL_THREAD_ID */
                next_thread_id(INITIAL_THREAD_ID),
                used_sequence_numbers(0),
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ struct model_snapshot_members {
                stats(),
                failed_promise(false),
                too_many_reads(false),
+               no_valid_reads(false),
                bad_synchronization(false),
                asserted(false)
        { }
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ struct model_snapshot_members {
                bugs.clear();
        }
 
-       ModelAction *current_action;
        unsigned int next_thread_id;
        modelclock_t used_sequence_numbers;
        ModelAction *next_backtrack;
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@ struct model_snapshot_members {
        struct execution_stats stats;
        bool failed_promise;
        bool too_many_reads;
+       bool no_valid_reads;
        /** @brief Incorrectly-ordered synchronization was made */
        bool bad_synchronization;
        bool asserted;
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ void ModelChecker::reset_to_initial_state()
        /* Print all model-checker output before rollback */
        fflush(model_out);
 
+       /**
+        * FIXME: if we utilize partial rollback, we will need to free only
+        * those pending actions which were NOT pending before the rollback
+        * point
+        */
+       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < get_num_threads(); i++)
+               delete get_thread(int_to_id(i))->get_pending();
+
        snapshot_backtrack_before(0);
 }
 
@@ -216,7 +224,7 @@ Thread * ModelChecker::get_next_thread(ModelAction *curr)
        if (curr != NULL) {
                /* Do not split atomic actions. */
                if (curr->is_rmwr())
-                       return thread_current();
+                       return get_thread(curr);
                else if (curr->get_type() == THREAD_CREATE)
                        return curr->get_thread_operand();
        }
@@ -293,12 +301,8 @@ void ModelChecker::execute_sleep_set()
        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < get_num_threads(); i++) {
                thread_id_t tid = int_to_id(i);
                Thread *thr = get_thread(tid);
-               if (scheduler->is_sleep_set(thr) && thr->get_pending() == NULL) {
-                       thr->set_state(THREAD_RUNNING);
-                       scheduler->next_thread(thr);
-                       Thread::swap(&system_context, thr);
-                       priv->current_action->set_sleep_flag();
-                       thr->set_pending(priv->current_action);
+               if (scheduler->is_sleep_set(thr) && thr->get_pending()) {
+                       thr->get_pending()->set_sleep_flag();
                }
        }
 }
@@ -323,11 +327,22 @@ void ModelChecker::set_bad_synchronization()
        priv->bad_synchronization = true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check whether the current trace has triggered an assertion which should halt
+ * its execution.
+ *
+ * @return True, if the execution should be aborted; false otherwise
+ */
 bool ModelChecker::has_asserted() const
 {
        return priv->asserted;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Trigger a trace assertion which should cause this execution to be halted.
+ * This can be due to a detected bug or due to an infeasibility that should
+ * halt ASAP.
+ */
 void ModelChecker::set_assert()
 {
        priv->asserted = true;
@@ -721,7 +736,6 @@ bool ModelChecker::process_read(ModelAction *curr, bool second_part_of_rmw)
                                r_status = r_modification_order(curr, reads_from);
                        }
 
-
                        if (!second_part_of_rmw && is_infeasible() && (curr->get_node()->increment_read_from() || curr->get_node()->increment_future_value())) {
                                mo_graph->rollbackChanges();
                                priv->too_many_reads = false;
@@ -730,15 +744,19 @@ bool ModelChecker::process_read(ModelAction *curr, bool second_part_of_rmw)
 
                        read_from(curr, reads_from);
                        mo_graph->commitChanges();
-                       mo_check_promises(curr->get_tid(), reads_from, NULL);
+                       mo_check_promises(curr, true);
 
                        updated |= r_status;
                } else if (!second_part_of_rmw) {
                        /* Read from future value */
                        struct future_value fv = curr->get_node()->get_future_value();
+                       Promise *promise = new Promise(curr, fv);
                        value = fv.value;
-                       curr->set_read_from(NULL);
-                       promises->push_back(new Promise(curr, fv));
+                       curr->set_read_from_promise(promise);
+                       promises->push_back(promise);
+                       mo_graph->startChanges();
+                       updated = r_modification_order(curr, promise);
+                       mo_graph->commitChanges();
                }
                get_thread(curr)->set_return_value(value);
                return updated;
@@ -855,10 +873,22 @@ bool ModelChecker::process_mutex(ModelAction *curr)
 void ModelChecker::add_future_value(const ModelAction *writer, ModelAction *reader)
 {
        /* Do more ambitious checks now that mo is more complete */
-       if (mo_may_allow(writer, reader) &&
-                       reader->get_node()->add_future_value(writer,
-                               writer->get_seq_number() + params.maxfuturedelay))
-               set_latest_backtrack(reader);
+       if (mo_may_allow(writer, reader)) {
+               Node *node = reader->get_node();
+
+               /* Find an ancestor thread which exists at the time of the reader */
+               Thread *write_thread = get_thread(writer);
+               while (id_to_int(write_thread->get_id()) >= node->get_num_threads())
+                       write_thread = write_thread->get_parent();
+
+               struct future_value fv = {
+                       writer->get_value(),
+                       writer->get_seq_number() + params.maxfuturedelay,
+                       write_thread->get_id(),
+               };
+               if (node->add_future_value(fv))
+                       set_latest_backtrack(reader);
+       }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -880,7 +910,7 @@ bool ModelChecker::process_write(ModelAction *curr)
        }
 
        mo_graph->commitChanges();
-       mo_check_promises(curr->get_tid(), curr, NULL);
+       mo_check_promises(curr, false);
 
        get_thread(curr)->set_return_value(VALUE_NONE);
        return updated_mod_order || updated_promises;
@@ -953,8 +983,17 @@ bool ModelChecker::process_thread_action(ModelAction *curr)
 
        switch (curr->get_type()) {
        case THREAD_CREATE: {
-               Thread *th = curr->get_thread_operand();
+               thrd_t *thrd = (thrd_t *)curr->get_location();
+               struct thread_params *params = (struct thread_params *)curr->get_value();
+               Thread *th = new Thread(thrd, params->func, params->arg);
+               add_thread(th);
                th->set_creation(curr);
+               /* Promises can be satisfied by children */
+               for (unsigned int i = 0; i < promises->size(); i++) {
+                       Promise *promise = (*promises)[i];
+                       if (promise->thread_is_available(curr->get_tid()))
+                               promise->add_thread(th->get_id());
+               }
                break;
        }
        case THREAD_JOIN: {
@@ -971,6 +1010,13 @@ bool ModelChecker::process_thread_action(ModelAction *curr)
                        scheduler->wake(get_thread(act));
                }
                th->complete();
+               /* Completed thread can't satisfy promises */
+               for (unsigned int i = 0; i < promises->size(); i++) {
+                       Promise *promise = (*promises)[i];
+                       if (promise->thread_is_available(th->get_id()))
+                               if (promise->eliminate_thread(th->get_id()))
+                                       priv->failed_promise = true;
+               }
                updated = true; /* trigger rel-seq checks */
                break;
        }
@@ -1183,16 +1229,6 @@ bool ModelChecker::check_action_enabled(ModelAction *curr) {
        return true;
 }
 
-/**
- * Stores the ModelAction for the current thread action.  Call this
- * immediately before switching from user- to system-context to pass
- * data between them.
- * @param act The ModelAction created by the user-thread action
- */
-void ModelChecker::set_current_action(ModelAction *act) {
-       priv->current_action = act;
-}
-
 /**
  * This is the heart of the model checker routine. It performs model-checking
  * actions corresponding to a given "current action." Among other processes, it
@@ -1279,8 +1315,14 @@ ModelAction * ModelChecker::check_current_action(ModelAction *curr)
 
                        if (act->is_read()) {
                                const ModelAction *rf = act->get_reads_from();
-                               if (rf != NULL && r_modification_order(act, rf))
-                                       updated = true;
+                               const Promise *promise = act->get_reads_from_promise();
+                               if (rf) {
+                                       if (r_modification_order(act, rf))
+                                               updated = true;
+                               } else if (promise) {
+                                       if (r_modification_order(act, promise))
+                                               updated = true;
+                               }
                        }
                        if (act->is_write()) {
                                if (w_modification_order(act))
@@ -1347,14 +1389,14 @@ void ModelChecker::print_infeasibility(const char *prefix) const
 {
        char buf[100];
        char *ptr = buf;
-       if (mo_graph->checkForRMWViolation())
-               ptr += sprintf(ptr, "[RMW atomicity]");
        if (mo_graph->checkForCycles())
                ptr += sprintf(ptr, "[mo cycle]");
        if (priv->failed_promise)
                ptr += sprintf(ptr, "[failed promise]");
        if (priv->too_many_reads)
                ptr += sprintf(ptr, "[too many reads]");
+       if (priv->no_valid_reads)
+               ptr += sprintf(ptr, "[no valid reads-from]");
        if (priv->bad_synchronization)
                ptr += sprintf(ptr, "[bad sw ordering]");
        if (promises_expired())
@@ -1382,21 +1424,11 @@ bool ModelChecker::is_feasible_prefix_ignore_relseq() const
  */
 bool ModelChecker::is_infeasible() const
 {
-       return mo_graph->checkForRMWViolation() || is_infeasible_ignoreRMW();
-}
-
-/**
- * Check If the current partial trace is infeasible, while ignoring
- * infeasibility related to 2 RMW's reading from the same store. It does not
- * check end-of-execution feasibility.
- * @see ModelChecker::is_infeasible
- * @return whether the current partial trace is infeasible, ignoring multiple
- * RMWs reading from the same store.
- * */
-bool ModelChecker::is_infeasible_ignoreRMW() const
-{
-       return mo_graph->checkForCycles() || priv->failed_promise ||
-               priv->too_many_reads || priv->bad_synchronization ||
+       return mo_graph->checkForCycles() ||
+               priv->no_valid_reads ||
+               priv->failed_promise ||
+               priv->too_many_reads ||
+               priv->bad_synchronization ||
                promises_expired();
 }
 
@@ -1404,8 +1436,11 @@ bool ModelChecker::is_infeasible_ignoreRMW() const
 ModelAction * ModelChecker::process_rmw(ModelAction *act) {
        ModelAction *lastread = get_last_action(act->get_tid());
        lastread->process_rmw(act);
-       if (act->is_rmw() && lastread->get_reads_from() != NULL) {
-               mo_graph->addRMWEdge(lastread->get_reads_from(), lastread);
+       if (act->is_rmw()) {
+               if (lastread->get_reads_from())
+                       mo_graph->addRMWEdge(lastread->get_reads_from(), lastread);
+               else
+                       mo_graph->addRMWEdge(lastread->get_reads_from_promise(), lastread);
                mo_graph->commitChanges();
        }
        return lastread;
@@ -1470,13 +1505,9 @@ void ModelChecker::check_recency(ModelAction *curr, const ModelAction *rf)
                                continue;
 
                        /* Test to see whether this is a feasible write to read from */
-                       mo_graph->startChanges();
-                       r_modification_order(curr, write);
-                       bool feasiblereadfrom = !is_infeasible();
-                       mo_graph->rollbackChanges();
+                       /** NOTE: all members of read-from set should be
+                        *  feasible, so we no longer check it here **/
 
-                       if (!feasiblereadfrom)
-                               continue;
                        rit = ritcopy;
 
                        bool feasiblewrite = true;
@@ -1509,7 +1540,7 @@ void ModelChecker::check_recency(ModelAction *curr, const ModelAction *rf)
  * read.
  *
  * Basic idea is the following: Go through each other thread and find
- * the lastest action that happened before our read.  Two cases:
+ * the last action that happened before our read.  Two cases:
  *
  * (1) The action is a write => that write must either occur before
  * the write we read from or be the write we read from.
@@ -1518,10 +1549,11 @@ void ModelChecker::check_recency(ModelAction *curr, const ModelAction *rf)
  * must occur before the write we read from or be the same write.
  *
  * @param curr The current action. Must be a read.
- * @param rf The action that curr reads from. Must be a write.
+ * @param rf The ModelAction or Promise that curr reads from. Must be a write.
  * @return True if modification order edges were added; false otherwise
  */
-bool ModelChecker::r_modification_order(ModelAction *curr, const ModelAction *rf)
+template <typename rf_type>
+bool ModelChecker::r_modification_order(ModelAction *curr, const rf_type *rf)
 {
        std::vector<action_list_t> *thrd_lists = get_safe_ptr_vect_action(obj_thrd_map, curr->get_location());
        unsigned int i;
@@ -1549,26 +1581,23 @@ bool ModelChecker::r_modification_order(ModelAction *curr, const ModelAction *rf
                for (rit = list->rbegin(); rit != list->rend(); rit++) {
                        ModelAction *act = *rit;
 
-                       if (act->is_write() && act != rf && act != curr) {
+                       if (act->is_write() && !act->equals(rf) && act != curr) {
                                /* C++, Section 29.3 statement 5 */
                                if (curr->is_seqcst() && last_sc_fence_thread_local &&
                                                *act < *last_sc_fence_thread_local) {
-                                       mo_graph->addEdge(act, rf);
-                                       added = true;
+                                       added = mo_graph->addEdge(act, rf) || added;
                                        break;
                                }
                                /* C++, Section 29.3 statement 4 */
                                else if (act->is_seqcst() && last_sc_fence_local &&
                                                *act < *last_sc_fence_local) {
-                                       mo_graph->addEdge(act, rf);
-                                       added = true;
+                                       added = mo_graph->addEdge(act, rf) || added;
                                        break;
                                }
                                /* C++, Section 29.3 statement 6 */
                                else if (last_sc_fence_thread_before &&
                                                *act < *last_sc_fence_thread_before) {
-                                       mo_graph->addEdge(act, rf);
-                                       added = true;
+                                       added = mo_graph->addEdge(act, rf) || added;
                                        break;
                                }
                        }
@@ -1579,9 +1608,8 @@ bool ModelChecker::r_modification_order(ModelAction *curr, const ModelAction *rf
                         */
                        if (act->happens_before(curr) && act != curr) {
                                if (act->is_write()) {
-                                       if (rf != act) {
-                                               mo_graph->addEdge(act, rf);
-                                               added = true;
+                                       if (!act->equals(rf)) {
+                                               added = mo_graph->addEdge(act, rf) || added;
                                        }
                                } else {
                                        const ModelAction *prevreadfrom = act->get_reads_from();
@@ -1589,9 +1617,8 @@ bool ModelChecker::r_modification_order(ModelAction *curr, const ModelAction *rf
                                        if (prevreadfrom == NULL)
                                                continue;
 
-                                       if (rf != prevreadfrom) {
-                                               mo_graph->addEdge(prevreadfrom, rf);
-                                               added = true;
+                                       if (!prevreadfrom->equals(rf)) {
+                                               added = mo_graph->addEdge(prevreadfrom, rf) || added;
                                        }
                                }
                                break;
@@ -1599,71 +1626,15 @@ bool ModelChecker::r_modification_order(ModelAction *curr, const ModelAction *rf
                }
        }
 
-       return added;
-}
-
-/** This method fixes up the modification order when we resolve a
- *  promises.  The basic problem is that actions that occur after the
- *  read curr could not property add items to the modification order
- *  for our read.
- *
- *  So for each thread, we find the earliest item that happens after
- *  the read curr.  This is the item we have to fix up with additional
- *  constraints.  If that action is write, we add a MO edge between
- *  the Action rf and that action.  If the action is a read, we add a
- *  MO edge between the Action rf, and whatever the read accessed.
- *
- * @param curr is the read ModelAction that we are fixing up MO edges for.
- * @param rf is the write ModelAction that curr reads from.
- *
- */
-void ModelChecker::post_r_modification_order(ModelAction *curr, const ModelAction *rf)
-{
-       std::vector<action_list_t> *thrd_lists = get_safe_ptr_vect_action(obj_thrd_map, curr->get_location());
-       unsigned int i;
-       ASSERT(curr->is_read());
-
-       /* Iterate over all threads */
-       for (i = 0; i < thrd_lists->size(); i++) {
-               /* Iterate over actions in thread, starting from most recent */
-               action_list_t *list = &(*thrd_lists)[i];
-               action_list_t::reverse_iterator rit;
-               ModelAction *lastact = NULL;
-
-               /* Find last action that happens after curr that is either not curr or a rmw */
-               for (rit = list->rbegin(); rit != list->rend(); rit++) {
-                       ModelAction *act = *rit;
-                       if (curr->happens_before(act) && (curr != act || curr->is_rmw())) {
-                               lastact = act;
-                       } else
-                               break;
-               }
+       /*
+        * All compatible, thread-exclusive promises must be ordered after any
+        * concrete loads from the same thread
+        */
+       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < promises->size(); i++)
+               if ((*promises)[i]->is_compatible_exclusive(curr))
+                       added = mo_graph->addEdge(rf, (*promises)[i]) || added;
 
-                       /* Include at most one act per-thread that "happens before" curr */
-               if (lastact != NULL) {
-                       if (lastact == curr) {
-                               //Case 1: The resolved read is a RMW, and we need to make sure
-                               //that the write portion of the RMW mod order after rf
-
-                               mo_graph->addEdge(rf, lastact);
-                       } else if (lastact->is_read()) {
-                               //Case 2: The resolved read is a normal read and the next
-                               //operation is a read, and we need to make sure the value read
-                               //is mod ordered after rf
-
-                               const ModelAction *postreadfrom = lastact->get_reads_from();
-                               if (postreadfrom != NULL && rf != postreadfrom)
-                                       mo_graph->addEdge(rf, postreadfrom);
-                       } else {
-                               //Case 3: The resolved read is a normal read and the next
-                               //operation is a write, and we need to make sure that the
-                               //write is mod ordered after rf
-                               if (lastact != rf)
-                                       mo_graph->addEdge(rf, lastact);
-                       }
-                       break;
-               }
-       }
+       return added;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1700,8 +1671,7 @@ bool ModelChecker::w_modification_order(ModelAction *curr)
                         so we are initialized. */
                ModelAction *last_seq_cst = get_last_seq_cst_write(curr);
                if (last_seq_cst != NULL) {
-                       mo_graph->addEdge(last_seq_cst, curr);
-                       added = true;
+                       added = mo_graph->addEdge(last_seq_cst, curr) || added;
                }
        }
 
@@ -1744,8 +1714,7 @@ bool ModelChecker::w_modification_order(ModelAction *curr)
                        /* C++, Section 29.3 statement 7 */
                        if (last_sc_fence_thread_before && act->is_write() &&
                                        *act < *last_sc_fence_thread_before) {
-                               mo_graph->addEdge(act, curr);
-                               added = true;
+                               added = mo_graph->addEdge(act, curr) || added;
                                break;
                        }
 
@@ -1761,14 +1730,13 @@ bool ModelChecker::w_modification_order(ModelAction *curr)
                                 *   readfrom(act) --mo--> act
                                 */
                                if (act->is_write())
-                                       mo_graph->addEdge(act, curr);
+                                       added = mo_graph->addEdge(act, curr) || added;
                                else if (act->is_read()) {
                                        //if previous read accessed a null, just keep going
                                        if (act->get_reads_from() == NULL)
                                                continue;
-                                       mo_graph->addEdge(act->get_reads_from(), curr);
+                                       added = mo_graph->addEdge(act->get_reads_from(), curr) || added;
                                }
-                               added = true;
                                break;
                        } else if (act->is_read() && !act->could_synchronize_with(curr) &&
                                                     !act->same_thread(curr)) {
@@ -1785,15 +1753,24 @@ bool ModelChecker::w_modification_order(ModelAction *curr)
 
                                 */
                                if (thin_air_constraint_may_allow(curr, act)) {
-                                       if (!is_infeasible() ||
-                                                       (curr->is_rmw() && act->is_rmw() && curr->get_reads_from() == act->get_reads_from() && !is_infeasible_ignoreRMW())) {
+                                       if (!is_infeasible())
                                                futurevalues->push_back(PendingFutureValue(curr, act));
-                                       }
+                                       else if (curr->is_rmw() && act->is_rmw() && curr->get_reads_from() && curr->get_reads_from() == act->get_reads_from())
+                                               add_future_value(curr, act);
                                }
                        }
                }
        }
 
+       /*
+        * All compatible, thread-exclusive promises must be ordered after any
+        * concrete stores to the same thread, or else they can be merged with
+        * this store later
+        */
+       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < promises->size(); i++)
+               if ((*promises)[i]->is_compatible_exclusive(curr))
+                       added = mo_graph->addEdge(curr, (*promises)[i]) || added;
+
        return added;
 }
 
@@ -2308,44 +2285,44 @@ ClockVector * ModelChecker::get_cv(thread_id_t tid) const
  */
 bool ModelChecker::resolve_promises(ModelAction *write)
 {
-       bool resolved = false;
+       bool haveResolved = false;
        std::vector< ModelAction *, ModelAlloc<ModelAction *> > actions_to_check;
+       promise_list_t mustResolve, resolved;
 
        for (unsigned int i = 0, promise_index = 0; promise_index < promises->size(); i++) {
                Promise *promise = (*promises)[promise_index];
                if (write->get_node()->get_promise(i)) {
                        ModelAction *read = promise->get_action();
-                       if (read->is_rmw()) {
-                               mo_graph->addRMWEdge(write, read);
-                       }
                        read_from(read, write);
-                       //First fix up the modification order for actions that happened
-                       //before the read
-                       r_modification_order(read, write);
-                       //Next fix up the modification order for actions that happened
-                       //after the read.
-                       post_r_modification_order(read, write);
                        //Make sure the promise's value matches the write's value
-                       ASSERT(promise->get_value() == write->get_value());
-                       delete(promise);
+                       ASSERT(promise->is_compatible(write));
+                       mo_graph->resolvePromise(read, write, &mustResolve);
 
+                       resolved.push_back(promise);
                        promises->erase(promises->begin() + promise_index);
                        actions_to_check.push_back(read);
 
-                       resolved = true;
+                       haveResolved = true;
                } else
                        promise_index++;
        }
 
+       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < mustResolve.size(); i++) {
+               if (std::find(resolved.begin(), resolved.end(), mustResolve[i])
+                               == resolved.end())
+                       priv->failed_promise = true;
+       }
+       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < resolved.size(); i++)
+               delete resolved[i];
        //Check whether reading these writes has made threads unable to
        //resolve promises
 
        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < actions_to_check.size(); i++) {
-               ModelAction *read=actions_to_check[i];
-               mo_check_promises(read->get_tid(), write, read);
+               ModelAction *read = actions_to_check[i];
+               mo_check_promises(read, true);
        }
 
-       return resolved;
+       return haveResolved;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2398,71 +2375,43 @@ void ModelChecker::check_promises_thread_disabled()
        }
 }
 
-/** Checks promises in response to addition to modification order for threads.
- * Definitions:
- * pthread is the thread that performed the read that created the promise
- *
- * pread is the read that created the promise
- *
- * pwrite is either the first write to same location as pread by
- * pthread that is sequenced after pread or the value read by the
- * first read to the same lcoation as pread by pthread that is
- * sequenced after pread..
- *
- *     1. If tid=pthread, then we check what other threads are reachable
- * through the mode order starting with pwrite.  Those threads cannot
- * perform a write that will resolve the promise due to modification
- * order constraints.
- *
- * 2. If the tid is not pthread, we check whether pwrite can reach the
- * action write through the modification order.  If so, that thread
- * cannot perform a future write that will resolve the promise due to
- * modificatin order constraints.
+/**
+ * @brief Checks promises in response to addition to modification order for
+ * threads.
  *
- *     @param tid The thread that either read from the model action
- *     write, or actually did the model action write.
+ * We test whether threads are still available for satisfying promises after an
+ * addition to our modification order constraints. Those that are unavailable
+ * are "eliminated". Once all threads are eliminated from satisfying a promise,
+ * that promise has failed.
  *
- *     @param write The ModelAction representing the relevant write.
- *  @param read  The ModelAction that reads a promised write, or NULL otherwise.
+ * @param act The ModelAction which updated the modification order
+ * @param is_read_check Should be true if act is a read and we must check for
+ * updates to the store from which it read (there is a distinction here for
+ * RMW's, which are both a load and a store)
  */
-void ModelChecker::mo_check_promises(thread_id_t tid, const ModelAction *write, const ModelAction *read)
+void ModelChecker::mo_check_promises(const ModelAction *act, bool is_read_check)
 {
-       void *location = write->get_location();
+       const ModelAction *write = is_read_check ? act->get_reads_from() : act;
+
        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < promises->size(); i++) {
                Promise *promise = (*promises)[i];
-               const ModelAction *act = promise->get_action();
+               const ModelAction *pread = promise->get_action();
 
-               //Is this promise on the same location?
-               if (act->get_location() != location)
+               // Is this promise on the same location?
+               if (!pread->same_var(write))
                        continue;
 
-               //same thread as the promise
-               if (act->get_tid() == tid) {
-                       //make sure that the reader of this write happens after the promise
-                       if (( read == NULL ) || ( promise->get_action() -> happens_before(read))) {
-                               //do we have a pwrite for the promise, if not, set it
-                               if (promise->get_write() == NULL) {
-                                       promise->set_write(write);
-                                       //The pwrite cannot happen before the promise
-                                       if (write->happens_before(act) && (write != act)) {
-                                               priv->failed_promise = true;
-                                               return;
-                                       }
-                               }
-                       
-                               if (mo_graph->checkPromise(write, promise)) {
-                                       priv->failed_promise = true;
-                                       return;
-                               }
-                       }
+               if (pread->happens_before(act) && mo_graph->checkPromise(write, promise)) {
+                       priv->failed_promise = true;
+                       return;
                }
 
-               //Don't do any lookups twice for the same thread
-               if (promise->thread_is_eliminated(tid))
+               // Don't do any lookups twice for the same thread
+               if (!promise->thread_is_available(act->get_tid()))
                        continue;
 
-               if (promise->get_write() && mo_graph->checkReachable(promise->get_write(), write)) {
-                       if (promise->eliminate_thread(tid)) {
+               if (mo_graph->checkReachable(promise, write)) {
+                       if (mo_graph->checkPromise(write, promise)) {
                                priv->failed_promise = true;
                                return;
                        }
@@ -2531,14 +2480,25 @@ void ModelChecker::build_reads_from_past(ModelAction *curr)
                        else if (curr->get_sleep_flag() && !curr->is_seqcst() && !sleep_can_read_from(curr, act))
                                allow_read = false;
 
-                       if (allow_read)
-                               curr->get_node()->add_read_from(act);
+                       if (allow_read) {
+                               /* Only add feasible reads */
+                               mo_graph->startChanges();
+                               r_modification_order(curr, act);
+                               if (!is_infeasible())
+                                       curr->get_node()->add_read_from(act);
+                               mo_graph->rollbackChanges();
+                       }
 
                        /* Include at most one act per-thread that "happens before" curr */
                        if (act->happens_before(curr))
                                break;
                }
        }
+       /* We may find no valid may-read-from only if the execution is doomed */
+       if (!curr->get_node()->get_read_from_size()) {
+               priv->no_valid_reads = true;
+               set_assert();
+       }
 
        if (DBG_ENABLED()) {
                model_print("Reached read action:\n");
@@ -2611,7 +2571,7 @@ void ModelChecker::dumpGraph(char *filename) const
        for (action_list_t::iterator it = action_trace->begin(); it != action_trace->end(); it++) {
                ModelAction *action = *it;
                if (action->is_read()) {
-                       fprintf(file, "N%u [label=\"%u, T%u\"];\n", action->get_seq_number(), action->get_seq_number(), action->get_tid());
+                       fprintf(file, "N%u [label=\"N%u, T%u\"];\n", action->get_seq_number(), action->get_seq_number(), action->get_tid());
                        if (action->get_reads_from() != NULL)
                                fprintf(file, "N%u -> N%u[label=\"rf\", color=red];\n", action->get_seq_number(), action->get_reads_from()->get_seq_number());
                }
@@ -2631,7 +2591,6 @@ void ModelChecker::dumpGraph(char *filename) const
 void ModelChecker::print_summary() const
 {
 #if SUPPORT_MOD_ORDER_DUMP
-       scheduler->print();
        char buffername[100];
        sprintf(buffername, "exec%04u", stats.num_total);
        mo_graph->dumpGraphToFile(buffername);
@@ -2683,7 +2642,7 @@ Thread * ModelChecker::get_thread(thread_id_t tid) const
  * @param act The ModelAction
  * @return A Thread reference
  */
-Thread * ModelChecker::get_thread(ModelAction *act) const
+Thread * ModelChecker::get_thread(const ModelAction *act) const
 {
        return get_thread(act->get_tid());
 }
@@ -2723,8 +2682,8 @@ uint64_t ModelChecker::switch_to_master(ModelAction *act)
 {
        DBG();
        Thread *old = thread_current();
-       set_current_action(act);
-       old->set_state(THREAD_READY);
+       ASSERT(!old->get_pending());
+       old->set_pending(act);
        if (Thread::swap(old, &system_context) < 0) {
                perror("swap threads");
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -2735,13 +2694,11 @@ uint64_t ModelChecker::switch_to_master(ModelAction *act)
 /**
  * Takes the next step in the execution, if possible.
  * @param curr The current step to take
- * @return Returns true (success) if a step was taken and false otherwise.
+ * @return Returns the next Thread to run, if any; NULL if this execution
+ * should terminate
  */
-bool ModelChecker::take_step(ModelAction *curr)
+Thread * ModelChecker::take_step(ModelAction *curr)
 {
-       if (has_asserted())
-               return false;
-
        Thread *curr_thrd = get_thread(curr);
        ASSERT(curr_thrd->get_state() == THREAD_READY);
 
@@ -2749,15 +2706,14 @@ bool ModelChecker::take_step(ModelAction *curr)
 
        /* Infeasible -> don't take any more steps */
        if (is_infeasible())
-               return false;
+               return NULL;
        else if (isfeasibleprefix() && have_bug_reports()) {
                set_assert();
-               return false;
+               return NULL;
        }
 
-       if (params.bound != 0)
-               if (priv->used_sequence_numbers > params.bound)
-                       return false;
+       if (params.bound != 0 && priv->used_sequence_numbers > params.bound)
+               return NULL;
 
        if (curr_thrd->is_blocked() || curr_thrd->is_complete())
                scheduler->remove_thread(curr_thrd);
@@ -2784,26 +2740,11 @@ bool ModelChecker::take_step(ModelAction *curr)
                ModelAction *fixup = new ModelAction(MODEL_FIXUP_RELSEQ,
                                std::memory_order_seq_cst, NULL, VALUE_NONE,
                                model_thread);
-               set_current_action(fixup);
-               return true;
+               model_thread->set_pending(fixup);
+               return model_thread;
        }
 
-       /* next_thrd == NULL -> don't take any more steps */
-       if (!next_thrd)
-               return false;
-
-       next_thrd->set_state(THREAD_RUNNING);
-
-       if (next_thrd->get_pending() != NULL) {
-               /* restart a pending action */
-               set_current_action(next_thrd->get_pending());
-               next_thrd->set_pending(NULL);
-               next_thrd->set_state(THREAD_READY);
-               return true;
-       }
-
-       /* Return false only if swap fails with an error */
-       return (Thread::swap(&system_context, next_thrd) == 0);
+       return next_thrd;
 }
 
 /** Wrapper to run the user's main function, with appropriate arguments */
@@ -2818,15 +2759,35 @@ void ModelChecker::run()
        do {
                thrd_t user_thread;
                Thread *t = new Thread(&user_thread, &user_main_wrapper, NULL);
-
                add_thread(t);
 
-               /* Run user thread up to its first action */
-               scheduler->next_thread(t);
-               Thread::swap(&system_context, t);
+               do {
+                       /*
+                        * Stash next pending action(s) for thread(s). There
+                        * should only need to stash one thread's action--the
+                        * thread which just took a step--plus the first step
+                        * for any newly-created thread
+                        */
+                       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < get_num_threads(); i++) {
+                               thread_id_t tid = int_to_id(i);
+                               Thread *thr = get_thread(tid);
+                               if (!thr->is_model_thread() && !thr->is_complete() && !thr->get_pending()) {
+                                       scheduler->next_thread(thr);
+                                       Thread::swap(&system_context, thr);
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       /* Catch assertions from prior take_step or from
+                        * between-ModelAction bugs (e.g., data races) */
+                       if (has_asserted())
+                               break;
 
-               /* Wait for all threads to complete */
-               while (take_step(priv->current_action));
+                       /* Consume the next action for a Thread */
+                       ModelAction *curr = t->get_pending();
+                       t->set_pending(NULL);
+                       t = take_step(curr);
+               } while (t && !t->is_model_thread());
+               /** @TODO Re-write release sequence fixups here */
        } while (next_execution());
 
        print_stats();