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-rw-r--r--src/include/storage/s_lock.h25
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/storage/s_lock.h b/src/include/storage/s_lock.h
index 04175dbaaa4..7ec32c1e6fb 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/s_lock.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/s_lock.h
@@ -598,14 +598,31 @@ tas(volatile slock_t *lock)
#if defined(__mips__) && !defined(__sgi) /* non-SGI MIPS */
-/* Note: on SGI we use the OS' mutex ABI, see below */
-/* Note: R10000 processors require a separate SYNC */
#define HAS_TEST_AND_SET
typedef unsigned int slock_t;
#define TAS(lock) tas(lock)
+/*
+ * Original MIPS-I processors lacked the LL/SC instructions, but if we are
+ * so unfortunate as to be running on one of those, we expect that the kernel
+ * will handle the illegal-instruction traps and emulate them for us. On
+ * anything newer (and really, MIPS-I is extinct) LL/SC is the only sane
+ * choice because any other synchronization method must involve a kernel
+ * call. Unfortunately, many toolchains still default to MIPS-I as the
+ * codegen target; if the symbol __mips shows that that's the case, we
+ * have to force the assembler to accept LL/SC.
+ *
+ * R10000 and up processors require a separate SYNC, which has the same
+ * issues as LL/SC.
+ */
+#if __mips < 2
+#define MIPS_SET_MIPS2 " .set mips2 \n"
+#else
+#define MIPS_SET_MIPS2
+#endif
+
static __inline__ int
tas(volatile slock_t *lock)
{
@@ -615,7 +632,7 @@ tas(volatile slock_t *lock)
__asm__ __volatile__(
" .set push \n"
- " .set mips2 \n"
+ MIPS_SET_MIPS2
" .set noreorder \n"
" .set nomacro \n"
" ll %0, %2 \n"
@@ -637,7 +654,7 @@ do \
{ \
__asm__ __volatile__( \
" .set push \n" \
- " .set mips2 \n" \
+ MIPS_SET_MIPS2 \
" .set noreorder \n" \
" .set nomacro \n" \
" sync \n" \