[PATCH] alpha: Use the generic nscd_ssize_t

Maciej W. Rozycki macro@orcam.me.uk
Thu Aug 13 23:57:01 GMT 2026


On Mon, 10 Aug 2026, Florian Weimer wrote:

> I think this was a performance optimization for the original Alpha,
> which only had 64-bit atomics.

 You mean "original" as in the initial port of the GNU OS?  Hardware 
itself has always had both 32-bit LDL_L/STL_C and 64-bit LDQ_L/STQ_C 
machine operations, even in EV4.

  Maciej


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