*
*
* The "r" is any register, %rax (%r0) - %r16.
- * The "=a" and "a" are the %rax register. Although we can return result
- * in any register, we use %rax because it is used in cmpxchgq anyway.
+ * The "=a" and "a" are the %rax register.
+ * Although we can return result in any register, we use "a" because it is
+ * used in cmpxchgq anyway. The result is actually in %al but not in $rax,
+ * however as the code is inlined gcc can test %al as well as %rax.
+ *
* The "cc" means that flags were changed.
*/
ngx_atomic_cmp_set(ngx_atomic_t *lock, ngx_atomic_uint_t old,
ngx_atomic_uint_t set)
{
- ngx_atomic_uint_t res;
+ u_char res;
__asm__ volatile (
NGX_SMP_LOCK
" cmpxchgq %3, %1; "
- " setz %b0; "
- " movzbq %b0, %0; "
+ " sete %0; "
: "=a" (res) : "m" (*lock), "a" (old), "r" (set) : "cc", "memory");
* }
*
*
- * The "q" is any of the %eax, %ebx, %ecx, or %edx registers.
- * The "=a" and "a" are the %eax register. Although we can return result
- * in any register, we use %eax because it is used in cmpxchgl anyway.
+ * The "r" means the general register.
+ * The "=a" and "a" are the %eax register.
+ * Although we can return result in any register, we use "a" because it is
+ * used in cmpxchgl anyway. The result is actually in %al but not in %eax,
+ * however, as the code is inlined gcc can test %al as well as %eax,
+ * and icc adds "movzbl %al, %eax" by itself.
+ *
* The "cc" means that flags were changed.
*/
ngx_atomic_cmp_set(ngx_atomic_t *lock, ngx_atomic_uint_t old,
ngx_atomic_uint_t set)
{
- ngx_atomic_uint_t res;
+ u_char res;
__asm__ volatile (
NGX_SMP_LOCK
" cmpxchgl %3, %1; "
- " setz %b0; "
- " movzbl %b0, %0; "
+ " sete %0; "
- : "=a" (res) : "m" (*lock), "a" (old), "q" (set) : "cc", "memory");
+ : "=a" (res) : "m" (*lock), "a" (old), "r" (set) : "cc", "memory");
return res;
}
* r = temp;
*
*
- * The "+q" is any of the %eax, %ebx, %ecx, or %edx registers.
+ * The "+r" means the general register.
* The "cc" means that flags were changed.
*/
NGX_SMP_LOCK
" xaddl %0, %1; "
- : "+q" (add) : "m" (*value) : "cc", "memory");
+ : "+r" (add) : "m" (*value) : "cc", "memory");
return add;
}
#else
/*
- * gcc 2.7 does not support "+q", so we have to use the fixed %eax ("=a" and
- * "a") and this adds two superfluous instructions in the end of code,
- * something like this: "mov %eax, %edx / mov %edx, %eax".
+ * gcc 2.7 does not support "+r", so we have to use the fixed
+ * %eax ("=a" and "a") and this adds two superfluous instructions in the end
+ * of code, something like this: "mov %eax, %edx / mov %edx, %eax".
*/
static ngx_inline ngx_atomic_int_t