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09-Oct-2012 |
James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> |
metag: Atomics, locks and bitops
Add header files to implement Meta hardware thread locks (used by some
other atomic operations), atomics, spinlocks, and bitops.
There are 2 main types of atomic primitives for metag (in addition to
IRQs off on UP):
- LOCK instructions provide locking between hardware threads.
- LNKGET/LNKSET instructions provide load-linked/store-conditional
operations allowing for lighter weight atomics on Meta2
LOCK instructions allow for hardware threads to acquire voluntary or
exclusive hardware thread locks:
- LOCK0 releases exclusive and voluntary lock from the running hardware
thread.
- LOCK1 acquires the voluntary hardware lock, blocking until it becomes
available.
- LOCK2 implies LOCK1, and additionally acquires the exclusive hardware
lock, blocking all other hardware threads from executing.
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
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