Re: set_bit() is broken on i386?

From: Trond Myklebust
Date: Fri Jan 20 2006 - 20:13:47 EST


On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 19:53 -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote:

> #define ADDR (*(volatile long *) addr)
> static inline void set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long * addr)
> {
> __asm__ __volatile__( "lock ; "
> "btsl %1,%0"
> :"=m" (ADDR)
> :"Ir" (nr));
> }

The asm needs a memory clobber in order to avoid reordering with the
assignment to b[1]:

static inline void set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long * addr)
{
__asm__ __volatile__( "lock ; "
"btsl %1,%0"
:"=m" (ADDR)
:"Ir" (nr)
: "memory");
}

This works consistently correctly for me.

Cheers,
Trond

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