2016-09-29 18:34, Thomas Monjalon: > 2016-09-30 02:54, Nikhil Rao: > > The original code used movl instead of xchgl, this caused > > rte_atomic64_cmpset to use ebx as the lower dword of the source > > to cmpxchg8b instead of the lower dword of function argument "src". > > Could you please start the explanation with a statement of > what is wrong from an user point of view? > It could help to understand how severe it is.
Please, we need a clear explanation of the bug, and an acknowledgement.