Re: [HACKERS] Spinlock assembly cleanup

2004-06-14 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am not 100% excited about the memory > part because it invalidates all register memory values, not just the > shared memory location. That's exactly the point. > We are specifically accessing a memory address > as part of the ASM, so I don't see how i

Re: [HACKERS] Spinlock assembly cleanup

2004-06-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
Sounds good to me. Consistencyis important because it lets us fix problems across all cpu types. I am not 100% excited about the memory part because it invalidates all register memory values, not just the shared memory location. We are specifically accessing a memory address as part of the ASM,