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    "date": "2021-07-07T05:43:37",
    "name": "[v4,0/3] Use WFE for spinlock and ring",
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        "From": "Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.wang@arm.com>",
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        "Cc": "dev@dpdk.org, david.marchand@redhat.com, thomas@monjalon.net,\n bruce.richardson@intel.com, jerinj@marvell.com, nd@arm.com,\n honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com, ruifeng.wang@arm.com",
        "Date": "Wed,  7 Jul 2021 13:43:37 +0800",
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        "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/3] Use WFE for spinlock and ring",
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    "content": "The rte_wait_until_equal_xxx APIs abstract the functionality of 'polling\nfor a memory location to become equal to a given value'[1].\n\nUse the API for the rte spinlock and ring implementations.\nWith the wait until equal APIs being stable, changes will not impact ABI.\n\n[1] http://patches.dpdk.org/cover/62703/\n\nv4:\nAdded meson option to expose WFE. (David, Bruce)\n\nv3:\nSeries rebased. (David)\n\nGavin Hu (1):\n  spinlock: use wfe to reduce contention on aarch64\n\nRuifeng Wang (2):\n  ring: use wfe to wait for ring tail update on aarch64\n  build: add option to enable wait until equal\n\n config/arm/meson.build                 | 2 +-\n lib/eal/include/generic/rte_spinlock.h | 4 ++--\n lib/ring/rte_ring_c11_pvt.h            | 4 ++--\n lib/ring/rte_ring_generic_pvt.h        | 3 +--\n meson_options.txt                      | 2 ++\n 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)"
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