Re: [PATCHES] Try again: S_LOCK reduced contention

> 1.6. New patch to follow.
>
> The current S_LOCK and TAS() implementations (my patch of late May) are
> slower than they need to be and cause more code bloat than they need to.
> The bloat is caused by using a macro to inline a relatively complex bit
> of code that is only used in the blocked lock case. I suspect the slowness
> is caused at least partly by the macro as it requires more registers.
>
> I have developed a new patch that separates out the lock available case
> from the busywaiting case and that uses the GCC _inline_ facilty to make
> the asm interface still look as clean as a function while not costing
> anything. For a preview, see

Quite and analysis. I want to comment on the code more, but I just want
to point out now that many of our i386 platforms are not GNU. I think
we have to use macros. I can't think of any GNU-specific code in the
source tree at this point, and I don't think it makes sense add it now
just to make the code look a litter cleaner.

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