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Diffstat (limited to 'nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/lowlevellock.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/lowlevellock.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/lowlevellock.h b/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/lowlevellock.h index fcc1240fef..abd019df47 100644 --- a/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/lowlevellock.h +++ b/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/lowlevellock.h @@ -110,7 +110,21 @@ # define __lll_rel_instr "" #else # define __lll_acq_instr "isync" -# define __lll_rel_instr "sync" +# ifdef _ARCH_PWR4 +/* + * Newer powerpc64 processors support the new "light weight" sync (lwsync) + * So if the build is using -mcpu=[power4,power5,power5+,970] we can + * safely use lwsync. + */ +# define __lll_rel_instr "lwsync" +# else +/* + * Older powerpc32 processors don't support the new "light weight" + * sync (lwsync). So the only safe option is to use normal sync + * for all powerpc32 applications. + */ +# define __lll_rel_instr "sync" +# endif #endif /* Set *futex to ID if it is 0, atomically. Returns the old value */ |