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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/include/internal/i386')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/include/internal/i386/ethr_dw_atomic.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/erts/include/internal/i386/ethr_dw_atomic.h b/erts/include/internal/i386/ethr_dw_atomic.h index e8c4119ef0..79de5d80da 100644 --- a/erts/include/internal/i386/ethr_dw_atomic.h +++ b/erts/include/internal/i386/ethr_dw_atomic.h @@ -115,13 +115,19 @@ ethr_native_dw_atomic_addr(ethr_native_dw_atomic_t *var) return (ethr_sint_t *) ETHR_DW_NATMC_MEM__(var); } -#if ETHR_SIZEOF_PTR == 4 && defined(__PIC__) && __PIC__ +#if defined(ETHR_CMPXCHG8B_PIC_NO_CLOBBER_EBX) && defined(__PIC__) && __PIC__ +#if ETHR_SIZEOF_PTR != 4 +# error unexpected pic issue +#endif /* * When position independent code is used in 32-bit mode, the EBX register - * is used for storage of global offset table address, and we may not - * use it as input or output in an asm. We need to save and restore the - * EBX register explicitly (for some reason gcc doesn't provide this - * service to us). + * is used for storage of global offset table address. When compiling with + * an old gcc (< vsn 5) we may not use it as input or output in an inline + * asm. We then need to save and restore the EBX register explicitly (for + * some reason old gcc compilers didn't provide this service to us). + * ETHR_CMPXCHG8B_PIC_NO_CLOBBER_EBX will be defined if we need to + * explicitly manage EBX ourselves. + * */ # define ETHR_NO_CLOBBER_EBX__ 1 #else |