* Robert Haas: > and (c) architectures (like 32-bit x86) where ordinary 64-bit > operations aren't atomic but special instructions (cmpxchg8b) can be > used to get that behavior.
FILD and FIST are atomic, too, and are supported by more micro-architectures. -- Florian Weimer <fwei...@bfk.de> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
