https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=91719

--- Comment #3 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
We do that if mfence isn't supported:
      /* For seq-cst stores, when we lack MFENCE, use XCHG.  */
      if (is_mm_seq_cst (model) && !(TARGET_64BIT || TARGET_SSE2))
        {
          emit_insn (gen_atomic_exchange<mode> (gen_reg_rtx (<MODE>mode),
                                                operands[0], operands[1],
                                                operands[2]));
          DONE;
        }

      /* Otherwise use a store.  */
      emit_insn (gen_atomic_store<mode>_1 (operands[0], operands[1],
                                           operands[2]));
    }
  /* ... followed by an MFENCE, if required.  */
  if (is_mm_seq_cst (model))
    emit_insn (gen_mem_thread_fence (operands[2]));

So, I guess we need to benchmark both and if xchg is beneficial on some CPUs,
use it there guarded by some tuning flag.

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