Re: [boost] [interprocess] patch for AIX

Subject: Re: [boost] [interprocess] patch for AIX
From: Etienne PIERRE (e.ti.n.pierre_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-28 06:25:47

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Etienne PIERRE <e.ti.n.pierre_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Currently interprocess doesn't work on AIX for two reasons :
> - detail/os_thread_functions.hpp uses ::pthread_equal but this fails
> because pthread_equal is a macro under AIX and it fails because of the ::
> prefix
> - in detail/atomic.hpp there is no implementation of PowerPC under AIX so I
> added one that uses the combination of lwarx and stwcx for each function
> to implement.

Sorry, I forgot to say that I submitted a patch for this under
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2973

Regards,

Étienne  PIERRE