Re: [cpuops cmpxchg double V1 2/4] x86: this_cpu_cmpxchg_double() support

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 12/14/2010 09:48 AM, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> +
> +/*
> + * Inputs:
> + * %rsi : memory location to compare
> + * %rax : low 64 bits of old value
> + * %rdx : high 64 bits of old value
> + * %rbx : low 64 bits of new value
> + * %rcx : high 64 bits of new value
> + * %al  : Operation successful
> + */
> +ENTRY(cmpxchg16b_cpuops_emu)
> +CFI_STARTPROC
> +
> +#
> +# Emulate 'cmpxchg16b %gs:(%rsi)' except we return the result in
> +# al not via the ZF. Caller will access al to get result.
> +#
> +cmpxchg16b_cpuops_emu:
> +	pushf
> +	cli
> +
> +	cmpq  %gs:(%rsi), %rax
> +	jne not_same
> +	cmpq %gs:8(%rsi), %rdx
> +	jne not_same
> +
> +	movq %rbx,  %gs:(%rsi)
> +	movq %rcx, %gs:8(%rsi)
> +
> +	popf
> +	mov $1, %al
> +	ret
> +
> + not_same:
> +	popf
> +	xor  %al,%al
> +	ret
> +
> +CFI_ENDPROC
> +
> +ENDPROC(cmpxchg16b_cpuops)
> +

NAK on this.  This is acceptable for cmpxchg8b only because we don't
support SMP on 486s anymore.  x86-64 is another matter...
	
	-hpa