[cfe-dev] [libcxx]: std::atomic for cortex-m3 - ARMv7-M

[salvatore benedetto]

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 2:24 PM, salvatore benedetto
<salvatore.benedetto at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to use std::atomic<> for a cortex-m3 target (ARMv7-M Thumb-2),
> but it seems not to be supported (It compiles OK on my x86_64 host).
>
>  error: cannot compile this atomic library call yet
>         {return __c11_atomic_fetch_sub(&this->__a_, __op, __m);}
>                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I wonder where I can find more information about this subject.
> Is anyone working on adding support for this? Or is it even possible
> since, from what I know, ARMv7-M provide special instruction that only
> works on special memory area (bit-band)?
>

After a bit of investigation I figured that the ARMv7-M also provide the
LDREX/STREX for exclusive memory access.

I've also noticed that by generating the intermediate assembly code
by using as target my host architecture (x86_64), and then compiling
the intermediate
assembly code with llc with -mcpu=cortex-m3 (thumb2) as target, it compiles
fine to assembly code, and it uses the LDREX/STREX instructions,

I'm not that familiar with neither LLVM IR assembly, nor the ARMv7-M instruction
set, so if some expert could jump in I'd really appreciate it. :-)

Regards,
Salvatore