Re: [boost] [lockfree] arm / iOS builds against Boost.Atomic

Subject: Re: [boost] [lockfree] arm / iOS builds against Boost.Atomic
From: Tim Blechmann (tim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-16 21:40:18

hi phil,

>> not sure if arm supports a double-width compare-and-swap or ll/sc
> IIRC, ARMv7and later does - but my code doesn't support it.  It could 
> probably be
> added quite easily.  I didn't have a platform to test that on when I 
> wrote it.

hmmm ... interesting ... would you be able to provide a patch for this?
then boost.lockfree would actually be lock-free on many arm devices!

thnx,
tim