08/03/2019 16:50, Ananyev, Konstantin: > 08/03/2019 16:05, Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China): > > Anyway, on x86, smp_rmb, as a compiler barrier, applies to load/store, not > > only load/load. > > Yes, that's true, but I think that's happened by coincidence, > not intentionally. > > > This is the case also for arm, arm64, ppc32, ppc64. > > I will submit a patch to expand the definition of this API. > > I understand your intention, but that does mean we would also need > to change not only rte_smp_rmb() but rte_rmb() too (to keep things > consistent)? > That sounds worring. > Might be better to keep smp_rmb() definition as it is, and introduce new > function > that fits your purposes (smp_rwmb or smp_load_store_barrier)?
How is it managed in other projects?
