On 19/06/2015 09:29, Mark Burton wrote:
> Does anybody know if the current atomic_cmpxchg will support 64 bit
> on a (normal) 32 bit x86, or do we need to special case that with
> cmpxchg8b ? (I get the impression that it will automatically use
> cmpxchg8b, but not cmpxchg16b - but I’m by no means sure).

Both cmpxchg8b and cmpxchg16b are used, respectively on 32-bit and
64-bit x86.

Paolo

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