Re: Does v7.2.x support AIX 5.1?

Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD wrote:
> I don't have AIX 5 here, so cannot test, sorry.
> But yes, it should definitely work.
> 
> There is a known possible performance improvement for concurrent sessions on 
> multiprocessor AIX machines. The now depricated "cs(3)" used for the AIX TAS 
> implementation should be replaced with fetch_and_or, compare_and_swap or the 
> like. I just haven't got round to doing a patch that I trust. 
> 
> Maybe Tatsuo can say more ?

cs() is gone in 7.3beta because cs() was failing on SMP machines anyway.
The new code is:
#define TAS(lock)           _check_lock(lock, 0, 1)#define S_UNLOCK(lock)      _clear_lock(lock, 0)

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