On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 12:28 AM Honnappa Nagarahalli
<honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com> wrote:
>
> Updated the use of DMB instruction in rte_*mb APIs for Armv8-a.
>
> Signed-off-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst 
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> index 5cbc4ce14..15c21996d 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
> @@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ New Features
>       Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
>       =========================================================
>
> +* **rte_*mb APIs are updated to use DMB instruction.**

IMO, It is better to change to following as the end user can ignore
parsing the description if not interested in arm64.

rte_*mb APIs are updated to use DMB instruction for Armv8-a

With  above change:
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com>

> +
> +  Armv8-a memory model has been strengthened to require other-multi-copy
> +  atomicity. This allows for using DMB instruction instead of DSB for IO
> +  barriers. rte_*mb APIs, for Armv8-a platforms, are changed to use DMB
> +  instruction to reflect this.
> +
>  * **Updated PCAP driver.**
>
>    Updated PCAP driver with new features and improvements, including:
> --
> 2.17.1
>

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