Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
* Nick Piggin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
Q:
What's the reason to have cmpxchg64_local on 32 bit architectures?
Without that need all this would just be a few simple defines.
A:
cmpxchg64_local on 32 bits architectures takes unsigned long
* Nick Piggin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>
> >Q:
> >What's the reason to have cmpxchg64_local on 32 bit architectures?
> >Without that need all this would just be a few simple defines.
> >
> >A:
> >cmpxchg64_local on 32 bits architectures takes unsigned long long
>
* Nick Piggin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
Q:
What's the reason to have cmpxchg64_local on 32 bit architectures?
Without that need all this would just be a few simple defines.
A:
cmpxchg64_local on 32 bits architectures takes unsigned long long
parameters, but
Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
* Nick Piggin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
Q:
What's the reason to have cmpxchg64_local on 32 bit architectures?
Without that need all this would just be a few simple defines.
A:
cmpxchg64_local on 32 bits architectures takes unsigned long
Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
Q:
What's the reason to have cmpxchg64_local on 32 bit architectures?
Without that need all this would just be a few simple defines.
A:
cmpxchg64_local on 32 bits architectures takes unsigned long long
parameters, but cmpxchg_local only takes longs. Since we have
Actually, on 386, cmpxchg and cmpxchg_local fall back on
cmpxchg_386_u8/16/32: it disables interruptions around non atomic
updates to mimic the cmpxchg behavior.
The comment:
/* Poor man's cmpxchg for 386. Unsuitable for SMP */
already present in cmpxchg_386_u32 tells much about how this cmpxchg
Actually, on 386, cmpxchg and cmpxchg_local fall back on
cmpxchg_386_u8/16/32: it disables interruptions around non atomic
updates to mimic the cmpxchg behavior.
The comment:
/* Poor man's cmpxchg for 386. Unsuitable for SMP */
already present in cmpxchg_386_u32 tells much about how this cmpxchg
Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
Q:
What's the reason to have cmpxchg64_local on 32 bit architectures?
Without that need all this would just be a few simple defines.
A:
cmpxchg64_local on 32 bits architectures takes unsigned long long
parameters, but cmpxchg_local only takes longs. Since we have
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