Merge branch 'load-acquire/store-release barriers for'
Björn Töpel says:
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This two-patch series introduces load-acquire/store-release barriers
for the AF_XDP rings.
For most contemporary architectures, this is more effective than a
SPSC ring based on smp_{r,w,}mb() barriers. More importantly,
load-acquire/store-release semantics make the ring code easier to
follow.
This is effectively the change done in commit
6c43c091bdc5
("documentation: Update circular buffer for
load-acquire/store-release"), but for the AF_XDP rings.
Both libbpf and the kernel-side are updated.
Full details are outlined in the commits!
Thanks to the LKMM-folks (Paul/Alan/Will) for helping me out in this
complicated matter!
Changelog
v1[1]->v2:
* Expanded the commit message for patch 1, and included the LKMM
litmus tests. Hopefully this clear things up. (Daniel)
* Clarified why the smp_mb()/smp_load_acquire() is not needed in (A);
control dependency with load to store. (Toke)
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/
20210301104318.263262-1-bjorn.topel@gmail.com/
Thanks,
Björn
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Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>