Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: atomic64: inline atomic64_read()

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:18:15 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> * Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:04:50 +0200
> > Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > > +static inline u64 atomic64_read(atomic64_t *ptr)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	u64 res;
> > > > +
> > > > +	asm volatile(
> > > > +		"mov %%ebx, %%eax\n\t"
> > > > +		"mov %%ecx, %%edx\n\t"
> > > > +		LOCK_PREFIX "cmpxchg8b %1\n"
> > 
> > also afaik cmpxchg implies the lock prefix, so no need to make an
> > explicit one... it just adds code size and alternatives-work
> 
> good point!
> 
> Is the same true of XADD as well? If yes then we can remove the lock 
> prefix from those as well - there's a few uses of that on 32-bit and 
> 64-bit as well.
> 

ok never mind I was wrong,
it seems cmpxchg does NOT imply a lock prefix, nor does xadd.

> 	Ingo


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