Re: [PATCH] riscv/futex: sign extend compare value in atomic cmpxchg

[Andreas Schwab]

On Feb 03 2025, Jessica Clarke wrote:

> On 3 Feb 2025, at 10:06, Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Make sure the compare value in the lr/sc loop is sign extended to match
>> what lr.w does.  Fortunately, due to the compiler keeping the register
>> contents sign extended anyway the lack of the explicit extension didn't
>> result in wrong code so far, but this cannot be relied upon.
>
> GCC may guarantee this today,

It doesn't, that's the point!

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