Re: [PATCH] Improve atomic.h implementation robustness

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>]

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Thiemo Seufer wrote:

> The compiler was improved with PIC code in mind. The kernel is
> non-PIC, and can't allow explicit relocs by the compiler because
> of the weird code model used for 64bit kernels. This led to some
> degradation and even subtle failures for inline assembly code which
> relies on assumptions about earlier compiler's behaviour.

 What do you mean by "the weird code model" and what failures have you 
observed?  I think the bits are worth being done correctly, so I'd like 
to know what problems to address.

  Maciej