[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] test: fix memory barrier test failure on power CPUs

[Ananyev, Konstantin]

> 
> The memory barrier test fails on IBM Power 9 systems.  Add additional
> barriers to accommodate the weakly ordered model used on Power CPUs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Christensen <drc at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> v2:
> * Removed ifdef's for PPC since the rte_smp_*mb() macros are already
>   customized for each CPU architecture
> 
>  app/test/test_barrier.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test/test_barrier.c b/app/test/test_barrier.c
> index a022708..0bf82cf 100644
> --- a/app/test/test_barrier.c
> +++ b/app/test/test_barrier.c
> @@ -92,12 +92,14 @@ struct lcore_plock_test {
>  	other = self ^ 1;
> 
>  	l->flag[self] = 1;
> +	rte_smp_wmb();
>  	l->victim = self;
> 
>  	store_load_barrier(l->utype);
> 
>  	while (l->flag[other] == 1 && l->victim == self)
>  		rte_pause();
> +	rte_smp_rmb();
>  }
> 
>  static void
> --

Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>

> 1.8.3.1