[PATCH v1 10/12] app/testpmd: use compiler atomic builtins for port sync

[Joyce Kong]

> + Ferruh
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Hi Joyce/Ferruh,
>      I do not think the port_status changes need to be handled atomically. The
> changes to port_status do not seem to be happening from multiple threads.
> It seems to be getting modified during initialization or through the test pmd
> prompt.
> 
> Do we really need atomic operations on port_status?
> 

Hi Honnappa,
Seem you are right, I shall remove the atomic operations for port_status.
Joyce

> >
> > Replace rte_atomic16_cmpset operation with compiler atomic CAS
> > operation for port status sync in testpmd case.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joyce Kong <joyce.kong at arm.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang at arm.com>
> > ---
> >  app/test-pmd/testpmd.c | 75
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> >  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> >