/*
   * Marks given callback as used by datapath.
   */
  static __rte_always_inline void
  bpf_eth_cbi_inuse(struct bpf_eth_cbi *cbi)
  {
-       cbi->use++;
-       /* make sure no store/load reordering could happen */
-       rte_smp_mb();
+       rte_atomic_store_explicit(&cbi->use,
+               rte_atomic_load_explicit(&cbi->use, rte_memory_order_relaxed) + 
1,
+               rte_memory_order_relaxed);
+
+       /* full barrier: count must be visible before cb is read */
+       rte_atomic_thread_fence(rte_memory_order_seq_cst);

This is correct but why use a barrier when the above store itself could be SEQ_CST that
synchronizes with load in bpf_eth_cbi_wait?

  }
/*
@@ -91,9 +106,10 @@ bpf_eth_cbi_inuse(struct bpf_eth_cbi *cbi)
  static __rte_always_inline void
  bpf_eth_cbi_unuse(struct bpf_eth_cbi *cbi)
  {
-       /* make sure all previous loads are completed */
-       rte_smp_rmb();
-       cbi->use++;
+       /* release: pairs with the acquire bpf_eth_cbi_wait() */
+       rte_atomic_store_explicit(&cbi->use,
+               rte_atomic_load_explicit(&cbi->use, rte_memory_order_relaxed) + 
1,
+               rte_memory_order_release);
  }
/*
@@ -104,15 +120,15 @@ bpf_eth_cbi_wait(const struct bpf_eth_cbi *cbi)
  {
        uint32_t puse;
- /* make sure all previous loads and stores are completed */
-       rte_smp_mb();
+       /* full barrier: cleared cb must be visible before counter is read */
+       rte_atomic_thread_fence(rte_memory_order_seq_cst);
- puse = cbi->use;
+       puse = rte_atomic_load_explicit(&cbi->use, rte_memory_order_acquire);
/* in use, busy wait till current RX/TX iteration is finished */
        if ((puse & BPF_ETH_CBI_INUSE) != 0) {
                RTE_WAIT_UNTIL_MASKED((__rte_atomic uint32_t 
*)(uintptr_t)&cbi->use,
-                       UINT32_MAX, !=, puse, rte_memory_order_relaxed);
+                       UINT32_MAX, !=, puse, rte_memory_order_acquire);
        }
  }
@@ -439,7 +455,6 @@ bpf_eth_cbi_unload(struct bpf_eth_cbi *bc)
  {
        /* mark this cbi as empty */
        bc->cb = NULL;
-       rte_smp_mb();
/* make sure datapath doesn't use bpf anymore, then destroy bpf */
        bpf_eth_cbi_wait(bc);
--wathsala

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