__sync_lock_test_and_set on ARM

[Phil Endecott]

David Daney wrote:
> Phil Endecott wrote:
>> David Daney wrote:
>>> Phil Endecott wrote:
>>>> This raises another issue, which is whether there is any way for 
>>>> code to determine which of the atomic builtins are provided, i.e. 
>>>> I'd like to write:
>>>>
>>>> #if HAS__sync_lock_test_and_set
>>>> .. locking code using __sync_lock_test_and_set
>>>> #elseif HAS__sync_something_else
>>>> .. locking code using builtins that expand to LDREX and STREX
>>>> #else
>>>> #warn "no atomic ops, falling back to pthread mutex"
>>>> ...
>>>> #endif
>>>>
>>>
>>> The proper symbol to test would be something like: 
>>> __GCC_HAVE_SYNC_COMPARE_AND_SWAP_4 or 
>>> __GCC_HAVE_SYNC_LOCK_TEST_AND_SET_4  they are automatically set by 
>>> GCC when the builtin functions are available.
>>
>> Really?  I don't see anything like that in the output of
>>
>> gcc -dM -E - < /dev/null|grep -i sync
>> or
>> grep -R HAVE_SYNC /usr/include/
>>
>> on my x86 system, which does have a selection of atomic builtins.
>>
> $ /home/daney/gccsvn/mips64-trunk/gcc/xgcc 
> -B/home/daney/gccsvn/mips64-trunk/gcc/ --version
> xgcc (GCC) 4.3.0 20070911 (experimental) [trunk revision 128398]
> Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> $ /home/daney/gccsvn/mips64-trunk/gcc/xgcc 
> -B/home/daney/gccsvn/mips64-trunk/gcc/ -E -dM st.c | grep SYNC
> #define __GCC_HAVE_SYNC_COMPARE_AND_SWAP_4 1
> #define __GCC_HAVE_SYNC_COMPARE_AND_SWAP_8 1


Mine is
$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20060920 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-14)

Does your st.c do anything?  Does invoking xgcc rather than gcc change anything?

Can someone else try?


Phil.