[EXT] Re: [PATCH] common/cnxk: use cas with release semantics for batch alloc

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 1/11/2022 12:26 PM, Ashwin Sekhar Thalakalath Kottilveetil wrote:
> CAS is compare and swap. CASL is compare and swap with release semantics.
> 

What does 'release semantics' mean? What is functional difference in both?

> But on CNXK platform, the functionality of CAS* instructions is completely different when it is done to specific addresses. These APIs are meant for use for such special cases. These cannot be made ARM generic.
> 
> Ashwin Sekhar T K
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 5:42 PM
>> To: Ashwin Sekhar Thalakalath Kottilveetil <asekhar at marvell.com>;
>> dev at dpdk.org; Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli at arm.com>;
>> Ruifeng Wang (Arm Technology China) <Ruifeng.Wang at arm.com>
>> Cc: Nithin Kumar Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram at marvell.com>; Jerin Jacob
>> Kollanukkaran <jerinj at marvell.com>; Sunil Kumar Kori
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>> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] common/cnxk: use cas with release semantics for
>> batch alloc
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>> On 1/11/2022 12:08 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>>> On 11/30/2021 5:45 AM, Ashwin Sekhar T K wrote:
>>>> Before issuing the batch alloc, we clear the first word of cache
>>>> lines so that NPA can update the status. Make sure that this line
>>>> clear is flushed before the batch alloc is issued.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ashwin Sekhar T K <asekhar at marvell.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/common/cnxk/roc_io.h         | 12 ++++++++++++
>>>>    drivers/common/cnxk/roc_io_generic.h |  9 +++++++++
>>>>    drivers/common/cnxk/roc_npa.h        |  2 +-
>>>>    3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_io.h
>>>> b/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_io.h index fe5f7f46d0..4f15503c29 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_io.h
>>>> +++ b/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_io.h
>>>> @@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ roc_atomic64_cas(uint64_t compare, uint64_t
>> swap,
>>>> int64_t *ptr)
>>>>        return compare;
>>>>    }
>>>> +static __plt_always_inline uint64_t
>>>> +roc_atomic64_casl(uint64_t compare, uint64_t swap, int64_t *ptr) {
>>>> +    asm volatile(PLT_CPU_FEATURE_PREAMBLE
>>>> +             "casl %[compare], %[swap], [%[ptr]]\n"
>>>> +             : [compare] "+r"(compare)
>>>> +             : [swap] "r"(swap), [ptr] "r"(ptr)
>>>> +             : "memory");
>>>> +
>>>
>>> out of curiosity, what is the "cas with release semantics"?
>>> briefly, what is the difference between 'cas' and 'casl'?
>>
>> + Honnappa & Ruifeng,
>>
>> Isn't this API Arm wide, instead of being cnxk specific?
>> Does it make sense to make this API for arm and cnxk use from there?