> > > The problem is that when we discussed this patch on ODP call people very > > > worry about having 128bit instructions in ODP examples. At least Petri > > > and Barry asked if it would be possible to rewrite that with 64 bit > > > instructions? Some compilers might not support 128 bits and we need to > > > test it more. > > > > On 32-bit platforms, it already does use 64-bit atomics. In general, though, > > the example hinges around having atomics that are twice the pointer size. > > We've actually discussed this on the list already in the thread "32-bit > > support in examples". Even if lock-free implementations can't be used, > > compilers can (and frequently do?) provide a lock-based compare exchange > > operation. > > Any progress on this?
This is getting mildly ridiculous now — it's nearing three months since I initially submitted this simple example patch, and there's still no end in sight! Maxim: any status updates?
