Re: [HACKERS] s_lock.h problem on S/Linux

>
> Hi hackers.
>
> I am having problems with the new spinlock code on the SPARC linux
> platform. (Latest CVSup)
>
> The compiler doesn't seem to like the "asm" part of s_lock.h for (sparc)
>
> Here's one of the compiles that fails.

Thank you for testing and reporting this. It is my fault of course, but as
I don't have access to a sparc for testing I just did what I could. I am
guessing here, but please apply the following to your pgsql and let me know
what happens. Also, cd to src/storage/buffer and do 'make s_lock_test' as
well.

*** src/include/storage/s_lock.h.orig Sun Jun 14 19:37:47 1998
--- src/include/storage/s_lock.h Sat Jun 20 18:01:13 1998
***************
*** 130,136 ****

__asm__("ldstub [%1], %0" \
: "=r"(_res), "=m"(*lock) \
! : "1"(lock));
return (int) _res;
}
#endif /* sparc */
--- 130,136 ----

__asm__("ldstub [%1], %0" \
: "=r"(_res), "=m"(*lock) \
! : "0"(_res));
return (int) _res;
}
#endif /* sparc */

-dg

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