[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/ppc: remove fix of memory barrier for IBM POWER

[Thomas Monjalon]

28/03/2019 18:51, Pradeep Satyanarayana:
> From: Pradeep Satyanarayana/Beaverton/IBM
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > > Pradeep, Chao,
> > >
> > > Do we have more news?
> > > We must merge this patch for DPDK 19.05-rc1.
> > >
> > > I understand you want to try improving performance
> > > by using lightweight sync for SMP barrier,
> > > and this change can be done later.
> > > First priority is to fix the bug of the general barrier.
> > > That's why I should push this patch before the end of the week.
> 
> > Dekel's patch at:
> >
> > http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-March/126746.html
> >
> > seems to be holding up well with the testing done so far. We have
> > also pulled that patch in to test with DTS. If all hold up well,
> > we should be able to let you know by tomorrow morning (US west coast
> time).
> 
> Thomas,
> 
> This is to confirm that the internal testing has completed and all the
> tests
> passed. So, yes, we can push that into 19.05-rc1.
> 
> We will have another patch out for the smp barriers as well. That is still
> being tested.
> 
> We will also need to get these patches into 18.11 and higher releases. We
> will work with others to get that done.

OK, thanks