On 4 June 2014 01:07, Jones, Joel <joel.jo...@caviumnetworks.com> wrote: > There is duplicate code for determining whether a load or store > instruction needs acquire or release semantics. This patch removes the > duplicated code and uses a modifying operator to output a/l instead. Since > the testsuite already contains tests for the atomic functions, no new > testcases are needed. > > OK? Built and tested for aarch64-elf using Cavium's internal simulator with > no regressions. > > Thanks, > Joel Jones
There are a limited number of single character output modifiers. I'd rather not consume the available character space if it isn't necessary, therefore I prefer not to restructure the code in the manner proposed by this patch. Cheers /Marcus