powerpc libc 2.2

Geoff Keating geoffk@cygnus.com
Tue Jun 27 13:16:00 GMT 2000


> Cc: Geoff Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>, libc-alpha@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Reply-To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)
> From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
> Date: 27 Jun 2000 09:18:30 -0700
> 
> Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com> writes:
> 
> > I also needed the appended patch, due to the sudden rebirth 
> > of testandset :-).
> 
> Geoff?

The correct patch would change the generic code so that it uses
compare_and_swap to do testandset if only compare_and_swap is
available, thus not duplicating code unnecessarily.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>


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