powerpc pthread_once bug fix
Jeff Law
law@redhat.com
Fri Aug 31 02:13:00 GMT 2012
On 08/30/2012 05:20 PM, Alan Modra wrote:
> 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".
I'll spin with that change. Seems plausible enough. Results in a few
hours.
jeff
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