pgsql: Add simplified sparc8 ASM for solaris_sparc.s, from Alan Stange.

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#1Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us

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Add simplified sparc8 ASM for solaris_sparc.s, from Alan Stange.

Modified Files:
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pgsql/src/backend/port/tas:
solaris_sparc.s (r1.7 -> r1.8)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/port/tas/solaris_sparc.s.diff?r1=1.7&r2=1.8)

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#1)
Re: pgsql: Add simplified sparc8 ASM for solaris_sparc.s, from Alan Stange.

momjian@postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes:

Add simplified sparc8 ASM for solaris_sparc.s, from Alan Stange.

Has this actually been tested at all?

The reason I don't think it works is that ldstub and cas are not
interchangeable; they don't even work on the same data width.
Surely there need to be some #ifdefs in s_lock.h as well.

regards, tom lane

#3Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us
In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: pgsql: Add simplified sparc8 ASM for solaris_sparc.s,

Tom Lane wrote:

momjian@postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes:

Add simplified sparc8 ASM for solaris_sparc.s, from Alan Stange.

Has this actually been tested at all?

The reason I don't think it works is that ldstub and cas are not
interchangeable; they don't even work on the same data width.
Surely there need to be some #ifdefs in s_lock.h as well.

What I did was to assign to %o1 like is done with ldstub, so I assume
that will work. You are right that we had trouble with 'cas' until we
changed the typedef for slock_t from unsigned char to int, so I added
this patch to use 'unsigned char' for sparcv8.

As far as testing, I think we are going to have to wait for someone who
cares about sparcv8 because none of our current Sparc guys are testing
on that.

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#4Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#3)
Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add simplified sparc8 ASM for solaris_sparc.s, from Alan Stange.

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:

As far as testing, I think we are going to have to wait for someone who
cares about sparcv8 because none of our current Sparc guys are testing
on that.

Yeah, I don't see anyone at all in the buildfarm testing Solaris-on-Sparc
with the Sun tools. So all these patches are completely untested, in
either the cas or ldstub paths. Ugh.

regards, tom lane

#5Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us
In reply to: Tom Lane (#4)
Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add simplified sparc8 ASM for solaris_sparc.s,

Tom Lane wrote:

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:

As far as testing, I think we are going to have to wait for someone who
cares about sparcv8 because none of our current Sparc guys are testing
on that.

Yeah, I don't see anyone at all in the buildfarm testing Solaris-on-Sparc
with the Sun tools. So all these patches are completely untested, in
either the cas or ldstub paths. Ugh.

Yep, "Ugh" is right. I spent months trying to get someone to look at
this, so I think we are better than we were. We have done our best.

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