Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v20 2/4] eal: improve comments around power monitoring API
From: Thomas Monjalon <hidden>
Date: 2021-01-29 11:27:45
22/01/2021 18:12, Anatoly Burakov:
Currently, the API documentation is ambiguous as to what happens when
certain conditions are met. Document the behavior explicitly, as well as
fix some typos and outdated comments.
Fixes: 6a17919b0e2a ("eal: change power intrinsics API")
Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <redacted>
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* Monitor specific address for changes. This will cause the CPU to enter an
* architecture-defined optimized power state until either the specified
* memory address is written to, a certain TSC timestamp is reached, or other
* reasons cause the CPU to wake up.
*
- * Additionally, an `expected` 64-bit value and 64-bit mask are provided. If
- * mask is non-zero, the current value pointed to by the `p` pointer will be
- * checked against the expected value, and if they match, the entering of
- * optimized power state may be aborted.
+ * Additionally, an expected value (`pmc->val`), mask (`pmc->mask`), and data
+ * size (`pmc->size`) are provided in the `pmc` power monitoring condition. If
+ * the mask is non-zero, the current value pointed to by the `pmc->addr` pointer
+ * will be read and compared against the expected value, and if they match, the
+ * entering of optimized power state will be aborted. This is intended to
+ * prevent the CPU from entering optimized power state and waiting on a write
+ * that has already happened by the time this API is called.I think that's a lot better. Thank you. Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <redacted>