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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 05/11] qemu-thread: add simple test-and-set s
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Emilio G. Cota |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 05/11] qemu-thread: add simple test-and-set spinlock |
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Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:11:32 -0400 |
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 10:55:45 -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On 04/20/2016 10:17 AM, Emilio G. Cota wrote:
> >I've tried to find a GCC intrinsic for test-and-set, and I've only found
> >lock_test_and_set, which is what we use for atomic_xchg (except on ppc)
> >because it really is an atomic exchange:
> > "This builtin, as described by Intel, is not a traditional test-and-set
> > operation, but rather an atomic exchange operation."
> > https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.1.2/gcc/Atomic-Builtins.html
>
> Please read the entire documentation, not just the first sentence.
I did read it and I'm aware of the limitations of using xchg.
My comment was related to this:
> [...] do note that there are compiler primitives for test-and-set that
> (can be) simpler for a cpu to implement than xchg.
What compiler (I assume gcc) primitives are these? I couldn't find them.
Thanks,
Emilio
[Qemu-devel] [UPDATED v3 05/11] qemu-thread: add simple test-and-set spinlock, Emilio G. Cota, 2016/04/20
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 04/11] include/processor.h: define cpu_relax(), Emilio G. Cota, 2016/04/19
[Qemu-devel] [UPDATED v3 04/11] include/processor.h: define cpu_relax(), Emilio G. Cota, 2016/04/20
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 04/11] include/processor.h: define cpu_relax(), Alex Bennée, 2016/04/22
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 03/11] seqlock: rename write_lock/unlock to write_begin/end, Emilio G. Cota, 2016/04/19