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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 02/33] Add sync bitops

To: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 02/33] Add sync bitops
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:34:04 +0200
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On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 12:00:02AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:

> Add "always lock'd" implementations of set_bit, clear_bit and
> change_bit and the corresponding test_and_ functions.  Also add
> "always lock'd" implementation of cmpxchg.  These give guaranteed
> strong synchronisation and are required for non-SMP kernels running on
> an SMP hypervisor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/asm-i386/synch_bitops.h |  166 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/asm-i386/system.h       |   33 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 199 insertions(+)
> 
> diff -r 935903fb1136 include/asm-i386/system.h
> --- a/include/asm-i386/system.h       Mon May 08 19:20:42 2006 -0400
> +++ b/include/asm-i386/system.h       Mon May 08 19:27:04 2006 -0400
> @@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsig
>  #define cmpxchg(ptr,o,n)\
>       ((__typeof__(*(ptr)))__cmpxchg((ptr),(unsigned long)(o),\
>                                       (unsigned long)(n),sizeof(*(ptr))))
> +#define synch_cmpxchg(ptr,o,n)\
> +     ((__typeof__(*(ptr)))__synch_cmpxchg((ptr),(unsigned long)(o),\
> +                                     (unsigned long)(n),sizeof(*(ptr))))
>  #endif
>...

Do I miss anything, or is CONFIG_X86_XEN=y, CONFIG_M386=y an allowed 
configuration that will result in a compile error?

cu
Adrian

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