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Re: RFA: [PATCH]: MIPS enhancements to libgcj...

Jeff Sturm wrote:

I'm certainly no MIPS expert, so others might comment on the llsc stuff.
However:

+inline static void
+release_set(volatile obj_addr_t *addr, obj_addr_t new_val)
+{
+  __asm__ __volatile__("sync" : :);
+  *(addr) = new_val;
+}

Probably want a memory clobber here...


Perhaps, can anyone verify that?

Or if "sync" is even needed?

Or if "sync" is available on most/all CPUs?




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