The num_mapped_cores and execute_lock are synchronized with rte_atomic_XX
APIs which is a full barrier, DMB, on aarch64. This patch optimized it with
c11 atomic one-way barrier.

Signed-off-by: Phil Yang <phil.y...@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.w...@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gavin Hu <gavin...@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c 
b/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c
index 670f5a9..96a59b6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct rte_service_spec_impl {
         * running this service callback. When not set, a core may take the
         * lock and then run the service callback.
         */
-       rte_atomic32_t execute_lock;
+       uint32_t execute_lock;
 
        /* API set/get-able variables */
        int8_t app_runstate;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct rte_service_spec_impl {
         * It does not indicate the number of cores the service is running
         * on currently.
         */
-       rte_atomic32_t num_mapped_cores;
+       int32_t num_mapped_cores;
        uint64_t calls;
        uint64_t cycles_spent;
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ rte_service_runstate_get(uint32_t id)
        rte_smp_rmb();
 
        int check_disabled = !(s->internal_flags & SERVICE_F_START_CHECK);
-       int lcore_mapped = (rte_atomic32_read(&s->num_mapped_cores) > 0);
+       int lcore_mapped = (__atomic_load_n(&s->num_mapped_cores,
+                                           __ATOMIC_RELAXED) > 0);
 
        return (s->app_runstate == RUNSTATE_RUNNING) &&
                (s->comp_runstate == RUNSTATE_RUNNING) &&
@@ -372,11 +373,20 @@ service_run(uint32_t i, struct core_state *cs, uint64_t 
service_mask,
        cs->service_active_on_lcore[i] = 1;
 
        if ((service_mt_safe(s) == 0) && (serialize_mt_unsafe == 1)) {
-               if (!rte_atomic32_cmpset((uint32_t *)&s->execute_lock, 0, 1))
+               uint32_t expected = 0;
+               /* ACQUIRE ordering here is to prevent the callback
+                * function from hoisting up before the execute_lock
+                * setting.
+                */
+               if (!__atomic_compare_exchange_n(&s->execute_lock, &expected, 1,
+                           0, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE, __ATOMIC_RELAXED))
                        return -EBUSY;
 
                service_runner_do_callback(s, cs, i);
-               rte_atomic32_clear(&s->execute_lock);
+               /* RELEASE ordering here is used to pair with ACQUIRE
+                * above to achieve lock semantic.
+                */
+               __atomic_store_n(&s->execute_lock, 0, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
        } else
                service_runner_do_callback(s, cs, i);
 
@@ -412,11 +422,11 @@ rte_service_run_iter_on_app_lcore(uint32_t id, uint32_t 
serialize_mt_unsafe)
        /* Increment num_mapped_cores to indicate that the service
         * is running on a core.
         */
-       rte_atomic32_inc(&s->num_mapped_cores);
+       __atomic_add_fetch(&s->num_mapped_cores, 1, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
 
        int ret = service_run(id, cs, UINT64_MAX, s, serialize_mt_unsafe);
 
-       rte_atomic32_dec(&s->num_mapped_cores);
+       __atomic_sub_fetch(&s->num_mapped_cores, 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
 
        return ret;
 }
@@ -549,24 +559,32 @@ service_update(uint32_t sid, uint32_t lcore,
 
        uint64_t sid_mask = UINT64_C(1) << sid;
        if (set) {
-               uint64_t lcore_mapped = lcore_states[lcore].service_mask &
-                       sid_mask;
+               /* When multiple threads try to update the same lcore
+                * service concurrently, e.g. set lcore map followed
+                * by clear lcore map, the unsynchronized service_mask
+                * values have issues on the num_mapped_cores value
+                * consistency. So we use ACQUIRE ordering to pair with
+                * the RELEASE ordering to synchronize the service_mask.
+                */
+               uint64_t lcore_mapped = __atomic_load_n(
+                                       &lcore_states[lcore].service_mask,
+                                       __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) & sid_mask;
 
                if (*set && !lcore_mapped) {
                        lcore_states[lcore].service_mask |= sid_mask;
-                       rte_atomic32_inc(&rte_services[sid].num_mapped_cores);
+                       __atomic_add_fetch(&rte_services[sid].num_mapped_cores,
+                                           1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
                }
                if (!*set && lcore_mapped) {
                        lcore_states[lcore].service_mask &= ~(sid_mask);
-                       rte_atomic32_dec(&rte_services[sid].num_mapped_cores);
+                       __atomic_sub_fetch(&rte_services[sid].num_mapped_cores,
+                                           1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
                }
        }
 
        if (enabled)
                *enabled = !!(lcore_states[lcore].service_mask & (sid_mask));
 
-       rte_smp_wmb();
-
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -622,7 +640,8 @@ rte_service_lcore_reset_all(void)
                }
        }
        for (i = 0; i < RTE_SERVICE_NUM_MAX; i++)
-               rte_atomic32_set(&rte_services[i].num_mapped_cores, 0);
+               __atomic_store_n(&rte_services[i].num_mapped_cores, 0,
+                                   __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 
        rte_smp_wmb();
 
@@ -705,7 +724,8 @@ rte_service_lcore_stop(uint32_t lcore)
                int32_t enabled = service_mask & (UINT64_C(1) << i);
                int32_t service_running = rte_service_runstate_get(i);
                int32_t only_core = (1 ==
-                       rte_atomic32_read(&rte_services[i].num_mapped_cores));
+                       __atomic_load_n(&rte_services[i].num_mapped_cores,
+                                       __ATOMIC_RELAXED));
 
                /* if the core is mapped, and the service is running, and this
                 * is the only core that is mapped, the service would cease to
-- 
2.7.4

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