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From: "Eads, Gage" <gage.eads@intel.com>
To: Steven Lariau <steven.lariau@arm.com>,
	Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, "nd@arm.com" <nd@arm.com>,
	"dharmik.thakkar@arm.com" <dharmik.thakkar@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/5] lib/stack: remove pop cas release ordering
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:17:02 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SN6PR11MB25741961AE09FA5499879275F63A0@SN6PR11MB2574.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200911152938.8019-6-steven.lariau@arm.com>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Lariau <steven.lariau@arm.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 10:30 AM
> To: Eads, Gage <gage.eads@intel.com>; Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; nd@arm.com; dharmik.thakkar@arm.com; Steven Lariau
> <steven.lariau@arm.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 5/5] lib/stack: remove pop cas release ordering
> 
> Replace the store-release by relaxed for the CAS success at the end of
> pop. Release isn't needed, because there is not write to data that need
> to be synchronized.
> The only preceding write is when the length is decreased, but the length
> CAS loop already ensures the right synchronization.
> The situation to avoid is when a thread sees the old length but the new
> list, that doesn't have enough items for pop to success.
> But the CAS success on length before the pop loop ensures any core reads
> and updates the latest length, preventing this situation.
> 
> The store-release is also used to make sure that the items are read
> before the head is updated, in order to prevent a core in pop to read an
> incorrect value because another core rewrites it with push.
> But this isn't needed, because items are read only when removed from the
> used list. Right after this, they are pushed to the free list, and the
> store-release in push makes sure the items are read before they are
> visible in the free list.

Please add a comment to this effect above the compare-exchange call. Depending
on this caller behavior for correctness is a little risky, but since this header
is private to the library I think it's ok as long as it's well-documented.

Thanks,
Gage

  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-21 17:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-11 15:29 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] lib/stack: improve lockfree C11 implementation Steven Lariau
2020-09-11 15:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] lib/stack: fix inconsistent weak / strong cas Steven Lariau
2020-09-21 17:16   ` Eads, Gage
2020-09-11 15:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] lib/stack: remove push acquire fence Steven Lariau
2020-09-21 17:16   ` Eads, Gage
2020-09-11 15:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] lib/stack: remove redundant orderings for list->len Steven Lariau
2020-09-21 17:16   ` Eads, Gage
2020-09-11 15:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/5] lib/stack: reload head when pop fails Steven Lariau
2020-09-21 17:16   ` Eads, Gage
2020-09-11 15:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/5] lib/stack: remove pop cas release ordering Steven Lariau
2020-09-21 17:17   ` Eads, Gage [this message]
2020-09-25 14:27     ` David Marchand
2020-09-25 17:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/5] lib/stack: improve lockfree C11 implementation Steven Lariau
2020-09-25 17:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/5] lib/stack: fix inconsistent weak / strong cas Steven Lariau
2020-09-28 10:22     ` David Marchand
2020-09-28 15:58       ` Eads, Gage
2020-09-25 17:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/5] lib/stack: remove push acquire fence Steven Lariau
2020-09-25 17:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/5] lib/stack: remove redundant orderings for list->len Steven Lariau
2020-09-25 17:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/5] lib/stack: reload head when pop fails Steven Lariau
2020-09-25 17:43   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/5] lib/stack: remove pop cas release ordering Steven Lariau
2020-09-25 17:57     ` Eads, Gage
2020-09-30 19:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/5] lib/stack: improve lockfree C11 implementation David Marchand

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