#ifdef __KERNEL__
+/*
+ * On ARM, ordinary assignment (str instruction) doesn't clear the local
+ * strex/ldrex monitor on some implementations. The reason we can use it for
+ * atomic_set() is the clrex or dummy strex done on every exception return.
+ */
#define atomic_read(v) ((v)->counter)
+#define atomic_set(v,i) (((v)->counter) = (i))
#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6
/*
* ARMv6 UP and SMP safe atomic ops. We use load exclusive and
* store exclusive to ensure that these are atomic. We may loop
- * to ensure that the update happens. Writing to 'v->counter'
- * without using the following operations WILL break the atomic
- * nature of these ops.
+ * to ensure that the update happens.
*/
-static inline void atomic_set(atomic_t *v, int i)
-{
- unsigned long tmp;
-
- __asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic_set\n"
-"1: ldrex %0, [%1]\n"
-" strex %0, %2, [%1]\n"
-" teq %0, #0\n"
-" bne 1b"
- : "=&r" (tmp)
- : "r" (&v->counter), "r" (i)
- : "cc");
-}
-
static inline void atomic_add(int i, atomic_t *v)
{
unsigned long tmp;
#error SMP not supported on pre-ARMv6 CPUs
#endif
-#define atomic_set(v,i) (((v)->counter) = (i))
-
static inline int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
{
unsigned long flags;