[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 01/14] eal: introduce atomic exchange operation

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Jan 22 17:56:13 CET 2018


On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:50:55 +0100
Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:

> 21/01/2018 20:25, Ferruh Yigit:
> > On 1/21/2018 6:59 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:  
> > > From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > > 
> > > To handle atomic update of link status (64 bit), every driver
> > > was doing its own version using cmpset.
> > > Atomic exchange is a useful primitive in its own right;
> > > therefore make it a EAL routine.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> > > Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>  
> > Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.  
> 
> I need to drop this series when pulling in master,
> because PPC is not supported.
> 
> Chao, please could you help on this feature?
> Thanks

The generic code should work for PPC.


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