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

[David Daney]

Jeff Sturm wrote:

>I'm certainly no MIPS expert, so others might comment on the llsc stuff.
>However:
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>+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...
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Perhaps, can anyone verify that?

Or if "sync" is even needed?

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

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