OTP-8659 Add ethread support for gcc atomics

Support for using gcc's built-in functions for atomic memory access has
been added. This functionallity will be used if available and no other
native atomic implementation in ERTS is available.

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/erts/include/internal/gcc/ethread.h b/erts/include/internal/gcc/ethread.h
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+/*
+ * %CopyrightBegin%
+ *
+ * Copyright Ericsson AB 2010. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+ * Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+ * compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+ * Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+ * retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+ *
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+ * basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+ * the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * %CopyrightEnd%
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: Native atomic ethread support when using gcc
+ * Author: Rickard Green
+ */
+
+#ifndef ETHREAD_GCC_H__
+#define ETHREAD_GCC_H__
+
+#include "ethr_atomic.h"
+
+#endif