[PATCH 19/22] atomic: Consolidate atomic_read_barrier implementation
Adhemerval Zanella
adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Thu Sep 11 13:49:45 GMT 2025
All ABIs, except alpha, powerpc, and x86_64, define it to
atomic_full_barrier/__sync_synchronize, which can be mapped to
__atomic_thread_fence (__ATOMIC_SEQ_CST) in most cases, with the
exception of aarch64 (where the acquire fence is generated as
'dmb ishld' instead of 'dmb ish').
For s390x, it defaults to a memory barrier where __sync_synchronize
emits a 'bcr 15,0' (which the manual describes as pipeline
synchronization).
For PowerPC, it allows the use of lwsync for additional chips
(since _ARCH_PWR4 does not cover all chips that support it).
Tested on aarch64-linux-gnu, where the acquire produces a different
instruction that the current code.
Co-authored-by: Wilco Dijkstra <Wilco.Dijkstra@arm.com>
---
include/atomic.h | 2 +-
sysdeps/alpha/atomic-machine.h | 1 -
sysdeps/generic/malloc-machine.h | 4 ----
sysdeps/powerpc/atomic-machine.h | 12 ------------
sysdeps/x86/atomic-machine.h | 1 -
5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/atomic.h b/include/atomic.h
index 9bd2753e32..d5a804e41e 100644
--- a/include/atomic.h
+++ b/include/atomic.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
#ifndef atomic_read_barrier
-# define atomic_read_barrier() atomic_full_barrier ()
+# define atomic_read_barrier() __atomic_thread_fence (__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/atomic-machine.h b/sysdeps/alpha/atomic-machine.h
index a1d74a930e..198f5dc037 100644
--- a/sysdeps/alpha/atomic-machine.h
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/atomic-machine.h
@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@
/* XXX Is this actually correct? */
#define ATOMIC_EXCHANGE_USES_CAS 1
-#define atomic_read_barrier() __asm ("mb" : : : "memory");
#define atomic_write_barrier() __asm ("wmb" : : : "memory");
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/malloc-machine.h b/sysdeps/generic/malloc-machine.h
index 195fd8c5e6..4fb8e809cc 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/malloc-machine.h
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/malloc-machine.h
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
#include <atomic.h>
-#ifndef atomic_read_barrier
-# define atomic_read_barrier() atomic_full_barrier ()
-#endif
-
#ifndef atomic_write_barrier
# define atomic_write_barrier() atomic_full_barrier ()
#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/atomic-machine.h b/sysdeps/powerpc/atomic-machine.h
index 65c774a064..e173b61e9c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/atomic-machine.h
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/atomic-machine.h
@@ -37,23 +37,11 @@
#endif
#ifdef _ARCH_PWR4
-/*
- * Newer powerpc64 processors support the new "light weight" sync (lwsync)
- * So if the build is using -mcpu=[power4,power5,power5+,970] we can
- * safely use lwsync.
- */
-# define atomic_read_barrier() __asm ("lwsync" ::: "memory")
/*
* "light weight" sync can also be used for the release barrier.
*/
# define atomic_write_barrier() __asm ("lwsync" ::: "memory")
#else
-/*
- * Older powerpc32 processors don't support the new "light weight"
- * sync (lwsync). So the only safe option is to use normal sync
- * for all powerpc32 applications.
- */
-# define atomic_read_barrier() __asm ("sync" ::: "memory")
# define atomic_write_barrier() __asm ("sync" ::: "memory")
#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/atomic-machine.h b/sysdeps/x86/atomic-machine.h
index 97d9c99fa6..f46a0868e3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/atomic-machine.h
+++ b/sysdeps/x86/atomic-machine.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
#define ATOMIC_EXCHANGE_USES_CAS 0
-#define atomic_read_barrier() __asm ("" ::: "memory")
#define atomic_write_barrier() __asm ("" ::: "memory")
#define atomic_spin_nop() __asm ("pause")
--
2.43.0
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