* Russell King - ARM Linux li...@arm.linux.org.uk [110117 11:20]:
Add additional instructions to our assembly bitops functions to ensure
that they only operate on word-aligned pointers. This will be necessary
when we switch these operations to use the word-based exclusive
operations.
If it's
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 01:00:21AM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
I also wonder what happens with a misaligned ldrex/strex... Does the
alignment trap get invoked? If so, the assertion could be put there
instead if that's not done already, removing this overhead from bitops
calls. In the
On 18 January 2011 06:00, Nicolas Pitre n...@fluxnic.net wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
Add additional instructions to our assembly bitops functions to ensure
that they only operate on word-aligned pointers. This will be necessary
when we switch these operations
On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 01:00:21AM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
I also wonder what happens with a misaligned ldrex/strex... Does the
alignment trap get invoked? If so, the assertion could be put there
instead if that's not done
Add additional instructions to our assembly bitops functions to ensure
that they only operate on word-aligned pointers. This will be necessary
when we switch these operations to use the word-based exclusive
operations.
Signed-off-by: Russell King rmk+ker...@arm.linux.org.uk
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2011, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
Add additional instructions to our assembly bitops functions to ensure
that they only operate on word-aligned pointers. This will be necessary
when we switch these operations to use the word-based exclusive
operations.
Signed-off-by:
