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    [POWERPC] atomic_dec_if_positive sign extension fix · 434f98c4
    Robert Jennings authored
    On 64-bit machines, if an atomic counter is explicitly set to a
    negative value, the atomic_dec_if_positive function will decrement and
    store the next smallest value in the atomic counter, contrary to its
    intended operation.
    
    The comparison to determine if the decrement will make the result
    negative was done by the "addic." instruction, which operates on a
    64-bit value, namely the zero-extended word loaded from the atomic
    variable.  This patch uses an explicit word compare (cmpwi) and
    changes the addic. to an addi (also changing "=&r" to "=&b" so that r0
    isn't used, and addi doesn't become li).
    
    This also fixes a bug for both 32-bit and 64-bit in that previously
    0x80000000 was considered positive, since the result after
    decrementing is positive.  Now it is considered negative.
    
    Also, I clarify the return value in the comments just to make it clear
    that the value returned is always the decremented value, even if that
    value is not stored back to the atomic counter.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRobert Jennings <rcj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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