Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v17 03/11] eal: change API of power intrinsics
From: Thomas Monjalon <hidden>
Date: 2021-01-18 22:26:36
14/01/2021 15:46, Anatoly Burakov:
+struct rte_power_monitor_cond {
+ volatile void *addr; /**< Address to monitor for changes */
+ uint64_t val; /**< Before attempting the monitoring, the address
+ * may be read and compared against this value."may" be read and compared? Is there a case where there is no read and compare?
+ **/ + uint64_t mask; /**< 64-bit mask to extract current value from addr */ + uint8_t data_sz; /**< Data size (in bytes) that will be used to compare + * expected value with the memory address. Can be 1, + * 2, 4, or 8. Supplying any other value will lead to + * undefined result. */
Other parameters are not prefixed with "data_", so I think this field could be simply named "size".
+};
I understand this struct is a direct translation of what existed in 20.11 as function parameters and comments. If you agree, these comments could be addressed in a separate patch.