[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v17 03/11] eal: change API of power intrinsics

[Thomas Monjalon]

14/01/2021 15:46, Anatoly Burakov:
> +struct rte_power_monitor_cond {
> +	volatile void *addr;  /**< Address to monitor for changes */
> +	uint64_t val;         /**< Before attempting the monitoring, the address
> +	                       *   may be read and compared against this value.

"may" be read and compared?
Is there a case where there is no read and compare?

> +	                       **/
> +	uint64_t mask;   /**< 64-bit mask to extract current value from addr */
> +	uint8_t data_sz; /**< Data size (in bytes) that will be used to compare
> +	                  *   expected value with the memory address. Can be 1,
> +	                  *   2, 4, or 8. Supplying any other value will lead to
> +	                  *   undefined result. */

Other parameters are not prefixed with "data_",
so I think this field could be simply named "size".

> +};

I understand this struct is a direct translation of what existed
in 20.11 as function parameters and comments.
If you agree, these comments could be addressed in a separate patch.