[PATCH] correction for PPC __compare_and_swap

[Geoff Keating]

> From: dmehaffy@us.ibm.com
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> cc: libc-alpha@sources.redhat.com, brianmc1@us.ibm.com
> Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:08:21 -0500
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> Geoff,
> 
> I'll have Brian tryout your patch with our Java people and see if it solves
> their problem.  Meanwhile I will look at seeing if I can come up with a
> patch that doesn't use __compare_and_swap for the lock release.  I agree
> that we would like to not change machine independent code but I think we
> will have to change a line or two and we can #ifdef powerpc the code though
> I hope I can find away around that.

The #ifdef should be something like

#ifdef RELEASE_USING_STORE

that is, a generic #define rather than just 'is this powerpc'.  I'm
sure other machines have this same property.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>