1. 15 6月, 2009 1 次提交
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      lib: Provide generic atomic64_t implementation · 09d4e0ed
      Paul Mackerras 提交于
      Many processor architectures have no 64-bit atomic instructions, but
      we need atomic64_t in order to support the perf_counter subsystem.
      
      This adds an implementation of 64-bit atomic operations using hashed
      spinlocks to provide atomicity.  For each atomic operation, the address
      of the atomic64_t variable is hashed to an index into an array of 16
      spinlocks.  That spinlock is taken (with interrupts disabled) around the
      operation, which can then be coded non-atomically within the lock.
      
      On UP, all the spinlock manipulation goes away and we simply disable
      interrupts around each operation.  In fact gcc eliminates the whole
      atomic64_lock variable as well.
      Signed-off-by: NPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
      Signed-off-by: NBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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