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| -rw-r--r-- | erts/configure.in | 25 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/erts/configure.in b/erts/configure.in index 1676d3d216..09a04ca1a9 100644 --- a/erts/configure.in +++ b/erts/configure.in @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script. -*-m4-*- dnl %CopyrightBegin% dnl -dnl Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2014. All Rights Reserved. +dnl Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2015. All Rights Reserved. dnl dnl The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, dnl Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -1123,10 +1123,31 @@ if test $ERTS_BUILD_SMP_EMU = yes; then case "$ethr_have_native_atomics-$smp_require_native_atomics-$ethr_have_native_spinlock" in yes-*) + if test "$ethr_native_atomic_implementation" = "gcc_sync"; then + test -f "$ERL_TOP/erts/CONF_INFO" || + echo "" > "$ERL_TOP/erts/CONF_INFO" + cat >> $ERL_TOP/erts/CONF_INFO <<EOF + + WARNING: + Only gcc's __sync_* builtins available for + atomic memory access. This will cause lots + of expensive and unnecessary memory barrier + instructions to be issued which will make + the performance of the runtime system + suffer. You are *strongly* advised to + upgrade to a gcc version that supports the + __atomic_* builtins (at least gcc version + 4.7) or build with libatomic_ops. See the + "Atomic Memory Operations and the VM" + chapter of \$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md for + more information. + +EOF + fi ;; no-yes-*) - AC_MSG_ERROR([No native atomic implementation found. See Configuring section in INSTALL.md for more information.]) + AC_MSG_ERROR([No native atomic implementation found. See the \"Atomic Memory Operations and the VM\" chapter of \$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md for more information.]) ;; no-no-yes) |