On 2/6/2014 12:08 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>> Can you pair lwarx with sthcx ? I couldn't immediately find the answer
>>> > > in the PowerISA doc. If so I think you can do better by being able to
>>> > > atomically load both tickets but only storing the head without affecting
>>> > > the tail.
>> >
>> > V2.06b, Book II, Chapter 3, "sthcx" says:
>> > | If a reservation exists and the length associated [...] is not 2 bytes,
>> > | it is undefined whether (RS)_48:63 are stored [...]
>> >
>> > That doesn't make me feel comfortable :(
> That's on page 692, right? The way I read that is of the lharx/sthcx
> don't have the exact same address, storage is undefined. But I can't
> find mention of non-matching load and store size, although I can imagine
> it being the same undefined.
My read is consistent with Torsten's ... this looks like a bad idea.
Look at the RTL for sthcx. on page 692 (Power ISA V2.06) and you will see this:
if RESERVE then
if RESERVE_LENGTH = 2 then
...
else
undefined_case <- 1
else
...
A legal implementation might never perform the store.
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