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01/09/07 18:16
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#130521 - Read-Modify-Write
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Jan Waclawek said:
if this is a single-byte variable, this is ignored by compiler... (OK this was simple :-) )


Simple huh? What to do with read-modify-write instructions like ++ ? On variables in data that can be atomic, but not in xdata. Should this become atomic too or not?

SDCC cannot declare a variable critical, but only a function, an instruction or a block.
int a;
int atomic_read_a(void) critical { return a; }
critical a++;
critical { a++; }


List of 32 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
atomicity, multibyte variables, C and my comfort            01/01/70 00:00      
   No way            01/01/70 00:00      
      Well, theoretically ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Yes sdcc at least            01/01/70 00:00      
      Keil            01/01/70 00:00      
   Does it matter?            01/01/70 00:00      
      sort of...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Lack of this feature ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            really?            01/01/70 00:00      
   talking out of both sides of the mouth            01/01/70 00:00      
      :-)            01/01/70 00:00      
         the simple solution            01/01/70 00:00      
            The question was not how to fix it...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Don't disable            01/01/70 00:00      
      C extensions            01/01/70 00:00      
         ring buffer, atomicity and C            01/01/70 00:00      
            OK that was a stupid example...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Hardware solution called for            01/01/70 00:00      
         isn't HLL supposed to hide the low level details?            01/01/70 00:00      
            the skinny            01/01/70 00:00      
               Word length & Atomicity            01/01/70 00:00      
            Side effects            01/01/70 00:00      
               questions and answers            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Embedded Specific            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Neil, you GOT it            01/01/70 00:00      
                        waitaminute...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           from an old hand to a newbie            01/01/70 00:00      
                              what helps is good (?)            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 The warning you propose would be 'wrong' in some c            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    wrong warnings            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Read-Modify-Write            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          OK then not simple            01/01/70 00:00      

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