From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux) Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:56:57 +0000 Subject: OMAP3: Warning: swp{b} use is deprecated for this architecture In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20101216115657.GP9937@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:49:43PM +0100, Jean Pihet wrote: > Hi, > > The following warning is issued by the compiler (gcc version 4.4.1 > (Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202): > arch/arm/mach-omap2/sleep34xx.S:87: Warning: swp{b} use is deprecated > for this architecture > > Does this need fixing? If so any hint on how to do it? > > Here is the offending code excerpt: > > wait_sem: > mov r0,#1 > ldr r1, sdrc_scratchpad_sem > wait_loop: > ldr r2, [r1] @ load the lock value > cmp r2, r0 @ is the lock free ? > beq wait_loop @ not free... > swp r2, r0, [r1] @ semaphore free so lock it and proceed > cmp r2, r0 @ did we succeed ? > beq wait_sem @ no - try again (untested, as my LDP is useless because of OMAP regressions.) wait_sem: mov r0, #1 ldr r1, sdrc_scratchpad_sem wait_loop: ldrex r2, [r1] @ load lock value teq r2, r0 @ is lock free ( != 1) beq wait_loop @ no, try again strex r2, r0, [r1] @ try to lock teq r2, #0 @ did store succeed? bne wait_loop @ no, try again