seems the fastest. 5. Does not use the lock prefix for atomic64_set 64-bit writes are already atomic, so we don't need that. We still need it for atomic64_read to avoid restoring a value changed in the meantime. 6. Allocates registers as well or better than gcc The 386 implementation provides support for 386 and 486 machines. 386/486 SMP is not supported (we dropped it), but such support can be added easily if desired. A pure assembly implementation is required due to the custom calling conventions, and desire to use %ebp in atomic64_add_return (we need 7 registers...), as well as the ability to use pushf/popf in the 386 code without an intermediate pop/push. The parameter names are changed to match the convention in atomic_64.h Changes in v3 (due to rebasing to tip/x86/asm): - Patches atomic64_32.h instead of atomic_32.h - Uses the CALL alternative mechanism from commit 1b1d9258181bae199dc940f4bd0298126b9a73d9 Changes in v2: - Merged 386 and cx8 support in the same patch - 386 support now done in assembly, C code no longer used at all - cmpxchg64 is used for atomic64_cmpxchg - stop using macros, use one-line inline functions instead - miscellanous changes and improvements Signed-off-by: Luca Barbieri LKML-Reference: <1267005265-27958-5-git-send-email-luca@luca-barbieri.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin l