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23 #;**************************************************************************
24 #;* Boolean OSCompareAndSwap(SInt32 oldValue, SInt32 newValue, SInt32 * ptr) *
25 #;**************************************************************************
27 .globl _OSCompareAndSwap
30 #; this is _lame_, the project will not currently accept asm code that
31 #; requires anything beyond a 386, but that chip:
32 #; - does not support MP
33 #; - does not support the cmpxchgl instruction
34 #; - does not support the lock meta-instruction
35 #; so what is a poor guy to do? comment it out...
38 movl 0+8+4(%esp),%eax #; oldValue
39 movl 4+8+4(%esp),%edi #; newValue
40 movl 8+8+4(%esp),%esi #; ptr
42 cmpxchgl %edi,0(%esi) #; CAS (eax is an implicit operand)
43 sete %al #; did CAS succeed? (TZ=1)
44 andl $0x000000ff,%eax #; clear out the high bytes (has to be an easier way...)