Re: Adding helper function for ARM "dsb st"

[Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>]

Hi Andrew,

On Feb 5, 2024, at 8:11 AM, Boyer, Andrew <Andrew.Boyer@amd.com> wrote:
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> I see that cnxk has added inline assembly for the ARM "dsb st" barrier. We, too, would like to add a use of this instruction. Can a helper function be added to the atomics headers?
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>> drivers/ml/cnxk/cn10k_ml_dev.h:#define dsb_st ({ asm volatile("dsb st" : : : "memory"); })

This is not being used. I have submitted a patch to remove the unused code [1]

We have removed the use of ‘dsb *’ as architecture definition does not need it for DPDK use cases. rte_wmb() should be enough to guarantee the memory ordering while interacting with the devices in DPDK context. I can comment more if you can explain your use case.

[1] https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31032
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> What would the helper be named, rte_wsb()? I suppose it would be a NOP on all other platforms.
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> Maybe we could add something for "dmb st" at the same time and get rid of that assembly, too.
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> Thanks,
> Andrew