Re: gcj port to hppa...
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 1:40 PM, John David Anglin
> <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca> wrote:
> >> The gcj port to hppa uses a locking implementation
> >> (libjava/sysdeps/pa/locks.h) which is not signal safe.
> >
> > Yes. =A0Is this the gcj problem that you were seeing with nptl?
>
> No it is not, but I noticed this during my investigations. I might as
> well fix it while I'm poking about.
There's similar code in libstdc++.
> Oh, that's a perefect idea, I wasn't sure that libjava could make use
> of those atomic builtins.
>
> Doesn't this restrict the gcc version you can use to rebuild libjava?
> Is that OK?
In my opinion, yes.
> >> Does locks.h also need to work for HPUX?
> >
> > Yes.
>
> OK, how do I write conditional code for HPUX vs. Linux?
Check __linux and/or __hpux. Look at the arm code. It looks
like they have done this. So, you should just be able to copy
what they have done.
Dave
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