RE: [Gc] Re: Patch ping (boehm-gc)

["Boehm, Hans" <hans dot boehm at hp dot com>]

The situation here seems a bit messy, in that the upstream GC code is quite different (it uses libatomic_ops), but superficially it looks to me like that has similar issues.  You might check http://bdwgc.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bdwgc/bdwgc/libatomic_ops-1.2/src/atomic_ops/sysdeps/gcc/powerpc.h?revision=1.8&view=markup

I'm still behind with the upstream patches, but I don't recall one that fixes this.  If it's not fixed there, this is likely to get broken again in the future.

Has gcc supported %y for a long time?  One concern is that the upstream version often gets used with ancient compilers.  Thus compatibility with old gcc versions is much more of a concern than for the version in the gcc tree.

Hans

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:gc-bounces@napali.hpl.hp.com] On Behalf Of Tom Tromey
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:21 AM
> To: Michael Meissner
> Cc: GC Mailing List; gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: [Gc] Re: Patch ping (boehm-gc)
> 
> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Meissner 
> <meissner@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> Michael> This patch is needed so powerpc can build java once again.
> Michael> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2009-06/msg01094.html
> 
> I'm sorry about the long delay on this.
> 
> Michael> The first patch uses the new test and set builtins if it is 
> Michael> compiled with 4.4 or newer, and fixes up the asm 
> code if it is 
> Michael> compiled with an earlier compiler.
> 
> I've CC'ed the GC list for review.  I think I gave you the 
> wrong address last time, sorry about that :-(
> 
> If you don't hear anything in a week, go ahead and check in 
> the version that preserves compatibility with older GCCs.  Thanks.
> 
> Tom
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