[PATCH 0/6] remove incorrect code for loading 16B descriptors

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 1/23/2024 12:40 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> Inside the AVX2 code paths, there was special case code for loading two
> 16-byte descriptors simultaneously, if that build-time feature was
> enabled. As well as not being enabled by default, these code blocks also
> were incorrect as there is no guarantee of the two descriptors being
> loaded either atomically or in a defined order. If they were loaded in
> an unexpected order the driver logic would break. Therefore we remove
> these blocks, and do come cleanup of the following code to remove
> indentation.
> 
> NOTE: I've split out the removal and subsequent cleanup into separate
> patches for ease of review. These can be merged into a single patch on
> merge, if so desired.
> 
> Bruce Richardson (6):
>    net/i40e: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
>    net/i40e: reduce code indentation
>    net/iavf: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
>    net/ice: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
>    net/ice: reduce code indent
>    net/iavf: reduce code indent
> 
>   drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_avx2.c | 64 ++++++++-------------
>   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx2.c | 80 ++++++++-------------------
>   drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx_vec_avx2.c   | 80 ++++++++-------------------
>   3 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.40.1
> 
Series-Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
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Thanks,
Anatoly