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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/atomic_32.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic_32.h index d7c8849b8c6..dc5a667ff79 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic_32.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic_32.h @@ -295,6 +295,28 @@ extern void atomic64_set(atomic64_t *ptr, u64 new_val); * * Atomically reads the value of @ptr and returns it. */ +static inline u64 atomic64_read(atomic64_t *ptr) +{ + u64 res; + + /* + * Note, we inline this atomic64_t primitive because + * it only clobbers EAX/EDX and leaves the others + * untouched. We also (somewhat subtly) rely on the + * fact that cmpxchg8b returns the current 64-bit value + * of the memory location we are touching: + */ + asm volatile( + "mov %%ebx, %%eax\n\t" + "mov %%ecx, %%edx\n\t" + LOCK_PREFIX "cmpxchg8b %1\n" + : "=&A" (res) + : "m" (*ptr) + ); + + return res; +} + extern u64 atomic64_read(atomic64_t *ptr); /** |