glibc/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/pthread_spin_unlock.c

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#include "pthreadP.h"

int
pthread_spin_unlock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
{
  /* CONCURRENCTY NOTES:

     The atomic_exchange_rel synchronizes-with the atomic_exhange_acq in
     pthread_spin_lock.

     On hppa we must not use a plain `stw` to reset the guard lock.  This
     has to do with the kernel compare-and-swap helper that is used to
     implement all of the atomic operations.

     The kernel CAS helper uses its own internal locks and that means that
     to create a true happens-before relationship between any two threads,
     the second thread must observe the internal lock having a value of 0
     (it must attempt to take the lock with ldcw).  This creates the
     ordering required for a second thread to observe the effects of the
     RMW of the kernel CAS helper in any other thread.

     Therefore if a variable is used in an atomic macro it must always be
     manipulated with atomic macros in order for memory ordering rules to
     be preserved.  */
  atomic_exchange_rel (lock, 0);
  return 0;
}