Russell King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes you can. Well, you can on ARM at least. Between the load exclusive
> you can do anything you like until you hit the store exclusive.
How come atomic_set() on arm6 is implemented as:
static inline void atomic_set(atomic_t *v, int i)
{
unsigned long tmp;
__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic_set\n"
"1: ldrex %0, [%1]\n"
" strex %0, %2, [%1]\n"
" teq %0, #0\n"
" bne 1b"
: "=&r" (tmp)
: "r" (&v->counter), "r" (i)
: "cc");
}
Why LDREX/STREX and not direct assignment?
David
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