locking problem with mips atomicity

[Michael Eager]

Richard Sandiford wrote:
> 
> Michael Eager <eager@mvista.com> writes:
> > I've revised the patch.  It now only has constraints which are referenced.
> > I added a "memory" constraint.
> 
> Sorry if I've missed the explanation, but why is using a memory clobber
> an improvement over an unused memory operand?

The location which is clobbered is unknown.  From what I understand, an
unused memory operand is ignored.  

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