Re: [dpdk-dev] [EXT] [PATCH 2/6] meson: change default cache line size for cortex-a72

[Honnappa Nagarahalli <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>]

> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Per the email discussion [1], the default cache line size of armv8
> > cortex-a72 is changed to 64 bytes.
> 
> IMO, In git commit you remove the reference to specific discussion and
> Update the reason correctly.
> 
> 
> >
> > [1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2019-January/123218.html
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yongseok Koh <yskoh@mellanox.com>
> > ---
> >  config/arm/meson.build | 4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/config/arm/meson.build b/config/arm/meson.build index
> > e00b894523..73c581948c 100644
> > --- a/config/arm/meson.build
> > +++ b/config/arm/meson.build
> > @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ flags_dpaa2 = [
> >  	['RTE_MAX_LCORE', 16],
> >  	['RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_USE_PHYS_IOVA', false]]  flags_default_extra
> = []
> > +flags_cortex_a72_extra = [
> > +	['RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE', 64]]
> >  flags_thunderx_extra = [
Which tree does this patch apply to? I do not see the above line in master.

> >  	['RTE_MACHINE', '"thunderx"'],
> >  	['RTE_USE_C11_MEM_MODEL', false]]
> > @@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ machine_args_generic = [
> >  	['0xd03', ['-mcpu=cortex-a53']],
> >  	['0xd04', ['-mcpu=cortex-a35']],
> >  	['0xd07', ['-mcpu=cortex-a57']],
> > -	['0xd08', ['-mcpu=cortex-a72']],
> > +	['0xd08', ['-mcpu=cortex-a72'], flags_cortex_a72_extra],
> >  	['0xd09', ['-mcpu=cortex-a73']],
> >  	['0xd0a', ['-mcpu=cortex-a75']]]
> 
> I think, flags_cortex_a72_extra() can be changed to
> flags_vendor_arm_extra or something similar And update the following
> CPUs also not just cortex-a72.
> 
Why not add 'flags_arm' similar to flags_dpaa2/flag_cavium etc? All the listed Arm cores are 64B cache line size.

> 	['0xd03', ['-mcpu=cortex-a53']],
> 	['0xd04', ['-mcpu=cortex-a35']],
> 	['0xd05', ['-mcpu=cortex-a55']],
> 	['0xd07', ['-mcpu=cortex-a57']],
> 	['0xd08', ['-mcpu=cortex-a72']],
> 	['0xd09', ['-mcpu=cortex-a73']],
> 	['0xd0a', ['-mcpu=cortex-a75']],
> 	['0xd0b', ['-mcpu=cortex-a76']],
> 
> 
> >
> > --
> > 2.21.0.196.g041f5ea