Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCHES] patches for 6.2.1p6

> 
> * Bruce Momjian
> |
> | Just a warning that this is not going to be easy.  We have OS-specific
> | code for spinlocks in include/storage/s_lock.h and
> | backend/storage/buffer/s_lock.c.  So each S_LOCK macro call has to have
> | its test-and-set logic de-coupled with its while-lock-fail-try-again
> | logic.  Most of them are easy, but some like VAX:
> | 
> | #define S_LOCK(addr)        __asm__("1: bbssi $0,(%0),1b": :"r"(addr))
> | 
> | are hard to de-couple.  Now, I did not know we supported NetBSD on VAX. 
> | Does it work, anyone?  Can I remove it?
> 
> Yes, it works.  No, please don't break it.  Heck, I only just got it
> in in time for 6.3!  :-) The not-so-busy-waiting-spinlock stuff can be
> put in on a platform at a time -- I'll expand the VAX version to do
> the right thing once someone has done another platform, so I can see
> what's the preferred way of doing it.

OK, now I know that the VAX stuff is still used and supported.  Good. 
We don't have good platform-specific information on NetBSD and Linux
ports.


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