Re: [boost] [interprocess] patch for AIX

Subject: Re: [boost] [interprocess] patch for AIX
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-28 16:06:10

Etienne PIERRE 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.

Ok. Unfortunately it's late for Boost 1.39. I'm quite busy this week but 
I will review it ASAP and commit it to trunk.

> Thanks,

Thanks!

Ion