On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 01:35:23PM -0600, Joe deBlaquiere wrote:
> sysmips(MIPS_ATOMIC_SET,ptr,val)
> {
> *ptr = val ;
> val 0 ;
> }
>
> but it is an atomic operation
>
> if this correct in a pseudo-code sense?
It's more:
sysmips(MIPS_ATOMIC_SET, ptr, val)
{
result = *ptr;
*ptr = val;
return result;
}
Ralf
