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Re: gcc 4.1 implements compiler builtins for atomic ops
On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 17:16 -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>
> > Which is exactly why I don't want these to be in the compiler.
>
> Huh? This reply makes no sense. All other archs are happily using
> builtins. ppc wants _unnecessarily_ be different. The only result can
> be that nobody gives a damn about ppc.
Hrm... parisc wants to use a vDSO for them... I don't think a vDSO
dependency on gcc is a good idea. Other archs may do differently...
Ben.