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Implement support for 1 & 2 byte cmpxchg() using read-modify-write atop a 4 byte cmpxchg(). This allows us to support these atomic operations despite the MIPS ISA only providing 4 & 8 byte atomic operations. This is required in order to support queued rwlocks (qrwlock) in a later patch, since these make use of a 1 byte cmpxchg() in their slow path. Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/16355/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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