[v9,1/6] lib/eal: implement the family of common bit operation APIs

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1bf00d7e5..c5c255994 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@  M: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
 F: lib/librte_eal/include/rte_bitmap.h
 F: app/test/test_bitmap.c
 
+Bitops
+M: Joyce Kong <joyce.kong@arm.com>
+F: lib/librte_eal/include/rte_bitops.h
+
 MCSlock - EXPERIMENTAL
 M: Phil Yang <phil.yang@arm.com>
 F: lib/librte_eal/include/generic/rte_mcslock.h
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
index dff496be0..52e2be31d 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@  The public API headers are grouped by topics:
   [BPF]                (@ref rte_bpf.h)
 
 - **containers**:
+  [bitmap]             (@ref rte_bitmap.h),
   [mbuf]               (@ref rte_mbuf.h),
   [mbuf pool ops]      (@ref rte_mbuf_pool_ops.h),
   [ring]               (@ref rte_ring.h),
   [stack]              (@ref rte_stack.h),
-  [tailq]              (@ref rte_tailq.h),
-  [bitmap]             (@ref rte_bitmap.h)
+  [tailq]              (@ref rte_tailq.h)
 
 - **packet framework**:
   * [port]             (@ref rte_port.h):
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@  The public API headers are grouped by topics:
   [random]             (@ref rte_random.h),
   [config file]        (@ref rte_cfgfile.h),
   [key/value args]     (@ref rte_kvargs.h),
-  [string]             (@ref rte_string_fns.h)
+  [string]             (@ref rte_string_fns.h),
+  [bitops]             (@ref rte_bitops.h)
 
 - **debug**:
   [jobstats]           (@ref rte_jobstats.h),
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/include/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/include/meson.build
index 6fd427494..3afb50a5b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/include/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/include/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@  includes += include_directories('.')
 headers += files(
 	'rte_alarm.h',
 	'rte_bitmap.h',
+	'rte_bitops.h',
 	'rte_branch_prediction.h',
 	'rte_bus.h',
 	'rte_class.h',
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_bitops.h b/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_bitops.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4374f28e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_bitops.h
@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2020 Arm Limited
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_BITOPS_H_
+#define _RTE_BITOPS_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Bit Operations
+ *
+ * This file defines a family of APIs for bit operations
+ * without enforcing memory ordering.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <rte_debug.h>
+#include <rte_compat.h>
+
+/*---------------------------- 32 bit operations ----------------------------*/
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
+ *
+ * Get the target bit from a 32-bit value without memory ordering.
+ *
+ * @param nr
+ *   The target bit to get.
+ * @param addr
+ *   The address holding the bit.
+ * @return
+ *   The target bit.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline uint32_t
+rte_get_bit32_relaxed(unsigned int nr, volatile uint32_t *addr)
+{
+	RTE_ASSERT(nr < 32);
+
+	uint32_t mask = UINT32_C(1) << nr;
+	return (*addr) & mask;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
+ *
+ * Set the target bit in a 32-bit value to 1 without memory ordering.
+ *
+ * @param nr
+ *   The target bit to set.
+ * @param addr
+ *   The address holding the bit.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline void
+rte_set_bit32_relaxed(unsigned int nr, volatile uint32_t *addr)
+{
+	RTE_ASSERT(nr < 32);
+
+	uint32_t mask = UINT32_C(1) << nr;
+	*addr = (*addr) | mask;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
+ *
+ * Clear the target bit in a 32-bit value to 0 without memory ordering.
+ *
+ * @param nr
+ *   The target bit to clear.
+ * @param addr
+ *   The address holding the bit.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline void
+rte_clear_bit32_relaxed(unsigned int nr, volatile uint32_t *addr)
+{
+	RTE_ASSERT(nr < 32);
+
+	uint32_t mask = UINT32_C(1) << nr;
+	*addr = (*addr) & (~mask);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
+ *
+ * Return the original bit from a 32-bit value, then set it to 1 without
+ * memory ordering.
+ *
+ * @param nr
+ *   The target bit to get and set.
+ * @param addr
+ *   The address holding the bit.
+ * @return
+ *   The original bit.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline uint32_t
+rte_test_and_set_bit32_relaxed(unsigned int nr, volatile uint32_t *addr)
+{
+	RTE_ASSERT(nr < 32);
+
+	uint32_t mask = UINT32_C(1) << nr;
+	uint32_t val = *addr;
+	*addr = val | mask;
+	return val & mask;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
+ *
+ * Return the original bit from a 32-bit value, then clear it to 0 without
+ * memory ordering.
+ *
+ * @param nr
+ *   The target bit to get and clear.
+ * @param addr
+ *   The address holding the bit.
+ * @return
+ *   The original bit.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline uint32_t
+rte_test_and_clear_bit32_relaxed(unsigned int nr, volatile uint32_t *addr)
+{
+	RTE_ASSERT(nr < 32);
+
+	uint32_t mask = UINT32_C(1) << nr;
+	uint32_t val = *addr;
+	*addr = val & (~mask);
+	return val & mask;
+}
+
+/*---------------------------- 64 bit operations ----------------------------*/
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
+ *
+ * Get the target bit from a 64-bit value without memory ordering.
+ *
+ * @param nr
+ *   The target bit to get.
+ * @param addr
+ *   The address holding the bit.
+ * @return
+ *   The target bit.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline uint64_t
+rte_get_bit64_relaxed(unsigned int nr, volatile uint64_t *addr)
+{
+	RTE_ASSERT(nr < 64);
+
+	uint64_t mask = UINT64_C(1) << nr;
+	return (*addr) & mask;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
+ *
+ * Set the target bit in a 64-bit value to 1 without memory ordering.
+ *
+ * @param nr
+ *   The target bit to set.
+ * @param addr
+ *   The address holding the bit.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline void
+rte_set_bit64_relaxed(unsigned int nr, volatile uint64_t *addr)
+{
+	RTE_ASSERT(nr < 64);
+
+	uint64_t mask = UINT64_C(1) << nr;
+	(*addr) = (*addr) | mask;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
+ *
+ * Clear the target bit in a 64-bit value to 0 without memory ordering.
+ *
+ * @param nr
+ *   The target bit to clear.
+ * @param addr
+ *   The address holding the bit.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline void
+rte_clear_bit64_relaxed(unsigned int nr, volatile uint64_t *addr)
+{
+	RTE_ASSERT(nr < 64);
+
+	uint64_t mask = UINT64_C(1) << nr;
+	*addr = (*addr) & (~mask);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
+ *
+ * Return the original bit from a 64-bit value, then set it to 1 without
+ * memory ordering.
+ *
+ * @param nr
+ *   The target bit to get and set.
+ * @param addr
+ *   The address holding the bit.
+ * @return
+ *   The original bit.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline uint64_t
+rte_test_and_set_bit64_relaxed(unsigned int nr, volatile uint64_t *addr)
+{
+	RTE_ASSERT(nr < 64);
+
+	uint64_t mask = UINT64_C(1) << nr;
+	uint64_t val = *addr;
+	*addr = val | mask;
+	return val;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
+ *
+ * Return the original bit from a 64-bit value, then clear it to 0 without
+ * memory ordering.
+ *
+ * @param nr
+ *   The target bit to get and clear.
+ * @param addr
+ *   The address holding the bit.
+ * @return
+ *   The original bit.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline uint64_t
+rte_test_and_clear_bit64_relaxed(unsigned int nr, volatile uint64_t *addr)
+{
+	RTE_ASSERT(nr < 64);
+
+	uint64_t mask = UINT64_C(1) << nr;
+	uint64_t val = *addr;
+	*addr = val & (~mask);
+	return val & mask;
+}
+
+#endif /* _RTE_BITOPS_H_ */