On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 11:31:36AM -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2022-11-03 11:06:46 +0000, Niyas Sait wrote:
> Note that we're planning to remove the custom windows build scripts before the
> next release, relying on the meson build instead.
Youpi.
>> #if defined(_WIN64)
>> static __forceinline void
>> spin_delay(void)
>> {
>> +#ifdef _M_ARM64
>> + /*
>> + * arm64 way of hinting processor for spin loops optimisations
>> + * ref: https://community.arm.com/support-forums/f/infrastructure-solutions-forum/48654/ssetoneon-faq
>> + */
>> + __isb(_ARM64_BARRIER_SY);
>> +#else
>> _mm_pause();
>> +#endif
>> }
>> #else
>> static __forceinline void
>
> I think we should just apply this, there seems very little risk of making
> anything worse, given the gating to _WIN64 && _M_ARM64.
Seems so. Hmm, where does _ARM64_BARRIER_SY come from? Perhaps it
would be better to have a comment referring to it from a different
place than the forums of arm, like some actual docs?
> The meson checking logic is used both for msvc and other compilers, so this
> will need to work with both.
The patch has been switched as waiting on author for now.
--
Michael
