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-rw-r--r--src/include/storage/s_lock.h3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/storage/s_lock.h b/src/include/storage/s_lock.h
index ff7eb1418e6..9b02d1f5a40 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/s_lock.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/s_lock.h
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ typedef unsigned int slock_t;
#define TAS(lock) tas(lock)
+/* On PPC, it's a win to use a non-locking test before the lwarx */
+#define TAS_SPIN(lock) (*(lock) ? 1 : TAS(lock))
+
/*
* NOTE: per the Enhanced PowerPC Architecture manual, v1.0 dated 7-May-2002,
* an isync is a sufficient synchronization barrier after a lwarx/stwcx loop.