Re: [PATCH] tile: rework <asm/cmpxchg.h>

[Jan Kara]

On Fri 06-09-13 08:56:45, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> The macrology in cmpxchg.h was designed to allow arbitrary pointer
> and integer values to be passed through the routines.  To support
> cmpxchg() on 64-bit values on the 32-bit tilepro architecture, we
> used the idiom "(typeof(val))(typeof(val-val))".  This way, in the
> "size 8" branch of the switch, when the underlying cmpxchg routine
> returns a 64-bit quantity, we cast it first to a typeof(val-val)
> quantity (i.e. size_t if "val" is a pointer) with no warnings about
> casting between pointers and integers of different sizes, then cast
> onwards to typeof(val), again with no warnings.  If val is not a
> pointer type, the additional cast is a no-op.  We can't replace the
> typeof(val-val) cast with (for example) unsigned long, since then if
> "val" is really a 64-bit type, we cast away the high bits.
  Ah, I see. Thanks for explanation.

								Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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