Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> writes:
> the attached patches provide test-and-set assembler code for s390x
> (64bit) and ppc64.
Why do we need that ppc64 code? It appears identical to the ppc code
(except for missing isync, which means it's broken on multi-CPU boxes).
> It also changes the -fpic compiler flag to
> -fPIC which is needed for some Linux platforms, and AFAIK doesn't hurt
> on the others.
Evidence?
regards, tom lane