[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] eal/arm64: add 128-bit atomic compare exchange

[Thomas Monjalon]

24/06/2019 18:12, Honnappa Nagarahalli:
> > > > +	} else {
> > > > +		rte_panic("Invalid memory order\n");
> > >
> > >
> > > rte_panic should be removed from library. In this case, I think,
> > > invalid mo can go for strongest barrier.
>
> It is added here to capture programming errors.
> Memory order can be passed during compilation or during run time.
> 'rte_panic' supports both of these.
> Adding code with strongest memory order will mask the programming error.

An error must return a specific code from the function.
rte_panic is really forbidden in libraries.
We are in the process of removing all of them.