Re: Re: [PATCH] Use CC atomic builtins if available [was: Re: TAS patch for building on armel/armhf thumb] - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:25:06PM +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> I compiled the attached test program on an HP Itanium box, using the
> same flags you get from PostgreSQL's configure on that box. The relevant
> assembler output is:
>
>         xchg4           r14 = [r15], r14           // M [slocktest.c: 66/3]
> //file/line/col slocktest.c/67/3
>         ld1.acq         r16 = [r11]                // M [slocktest.c: 67/3]
>         nop.i           0                          // I
> //file/line/col slocktest.c/68/3
>         st1.rel         [r11] = r10             ;; // M [slocktest.c: 68/3]
> //file/line/col slocktest.c/69/3
>         st4.rel         [r15] = r0                 // M [slocktest.c: 69/3]
> //file/line/col slocktest.c/70/1
>
>
> The trick I missed is that the compiler attaches .rel to all the stores
> and .acq to all the loads through a volatile pointer. gcc seems to do
> the same. So we're safe.

The Intel compiler appears not to follow this convention:

http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/compilerpro/en-us/cpp/lin/compiler_c/copts/ccpp_options/option_qserialize-volatile.htm

If you have that compiler installed, could you see which opcode it generates?

Thanks,
nm