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Re: powerpc pthread_once bug fix
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 08:29:01AM +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> I wrote this code in the first instance using atomic_read_barrier
> followed by atomic_increment.. The reason why I implemented the patch
> as I did, is that the asm allows MUTEX_HINT_REL on lwarx. Otherwise
> the asm is identical to atomic_read_barrier followed by
> atomic_increment. Please look at the generated object code to verify
> this is so (or to refute my claim and hopefully find why things are
> going wrong). Is UP defined for your builds?
Sigh. I see the error. "=&r" (tmp) needs to be "=&b" (tmp), because
"addi 0,0,1" is really "li 0,1".
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Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM