// include/atomic_arm.hh // This file is part of libpbe; see http://svn.chezphil.org/libpbe/ // (C) 2008 Philip Endecott // This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or // any later version. // // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. #ifndef libpbe_atomic_arm_hh #define libpbe_atomic_arm_hh // This file provides some basic atomic operations for ARM processors // where the only primitive is swap. #define PBE_HAVE_ATOMICS namespace pbe { // First some asm to do a swap: template static inline T simple_atomic_swap(volatile T& mem, T newval) { T oldval; asm volatile ("swp\t%0, %1, [%2]" :"=&r"(oldval) :"r" (newval), "r" (&mem) :"memory"); return oldval; } // The other atomic operations are emulated by means of a sentinel value, -1: // the variable is first swapped with the sentinel, the operation is performed and // the modified value is written back. Any thread that wants to read the // variable must re-try if it reads the sentinel. template static inline T atomic_read_and_lock(T& var) { do { int val = simple_atomic_swap(var,static_cast(-1)); if (static_cast(val) != -1) { return val; } } while (1); } template // T must of course be a type that's atomic on the hardware in use. // I hope that some sort of error will occur if it isn't. static inline bool atomic_compare_and_swap(volatile T& var, T expected, T newval) { // The return value indicates the result of the compare. T oldval = atomic_read_and_lock(var); if (oldval==expected) { var = newval; return true; } else { var = oldval; return false; } } template static inline T atomic_post_dec(volatile T& var, T amt = 1) { T val = atomic_read_and_lock(var); var = val - amt; return val; } template static inline T atomic_pre_inc(volatile T& var, T amt = 1) { T val = atomic_read_and_lock(var); T newval = val + amt; var = newval; return newval; } template static inline void atomic_inc(volatile T& var, T amt = 1) { T val = atomic_read_and_lock(var); T newval = val + amt; var = newval; } template static inline void atomic_dec(volatile T& var, T amt = 1) { T val = atomic_read_and_lock(var); T newval = val - amt; var = newval; } template static inline T atomic_swap(volatile T& var, T newval) { T oldval = atomic_read_and_lock(var); var = newval; return oldval; } template static inline T atomic_read(volatile T& var) { do { T val = var; if (static_cast(val) != -1) { return val; } } while (1); }; template static inline void atomic_write(volatile T& var, T newval) { atomic_read_and_lock(var); var = newval; }; }; #endif