It is not a straightforward backport. <atomic> has changed a lot in gcc-4.7. is_lock_free() body is entirely different between gcc-4.6 and r183875. In gcc-4.6, is_lock_free() simply returns false or true. Notice that gcc-4.6 defines two namesapce __atomic0, __atomic2 in separate files (atomic_0.h, atomic_2.h), which disappear in gcc-4.7.
Even though, the idea behind the bug is the same. The new unit tests will fail without this patch. Thanks, Jing Even though, the bug is the same. the new unit tests will On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 3:29 PM, <dougk...@google.com> wrote: > This seems to be different from r183875. Are the parts chaing > is_look_free() in r183875 necessary? If not why? > > http://codereview.appspot.com/6428056/