Subj : Re: compare and swap operation
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Joe Seigh
Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 04:59 pm

Yang Zhang wrote:
> I am reading some lock-free shared data-structures currently and am 
> planning to implement some of them. They are mostly built on the atomic 
> CAS (compare and swap) operation. I am just wondering how can I use the 
> hardware CAS instruction? I googled for some time, but it seems there is 
> very little information on this. I am mainly using C++, pthread library 
> and the GNU g++ compiler and how can I use the hardware CAS instruction 
> on Intel/Linux, Sparc/Solaris, and MIPS/IRIX systems. Can someone 
> provide some examples or point me to the right place? Thanks in advance.
> 

Check out the atomic_ops package here
http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/qprof/

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Joe Seigh

When you get lemons, you make lemonade.
When you get hardware, you make software.

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