[patch] powerpc: implement optimised mutex fastpaths

[Scott Wood]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:15:47AM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 07:47:32AM +0200, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > +static inline int __mutex_cmpxchg_lock(atomic_t *v, int old, int new)
> > +{
> > +	int t;
> > +
> > +	__asm__ __volatile__ (
> > +"1:	lwarx	%0,0,%1		# mutex trylock\n\
> > +	cmpw	0,%0,%2\n\
> > +	bne-	2f\n"
> > +	PPC405_ERR77(0,%1)
> > +"	stwcx.	%3,0,%1\n\
> > +	bne-	1b"
> > +	ISYNC_ON_SMP
> > +	"\n\
> > +2:"
> > +	: "=&r" (t)
> > +	: "r" (&v->counter), "r" (old), "r" (new)
> > +	: "cc", "memory");
> 
> This will break if the compiler picks r0 for &v->counter.  Use "b" as the
> constraint, or better yet do "lwarx %0, %y1", with a "Z" (v->counter)
> constraint.

Sorry, had a morning brain-fart there -- you're not using the base
register.

-Scott