Re: lib/57312: Missing atomic symbols generated by gcc

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/57312; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: lib/57312: Missing atomic symbols generated by gcc
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 23:14:09 +0000

 On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 09:05:01PM +0000, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
  >  I strongly object to adding implementations that have hidden bugs when
  >  used with shared memory, signals and other situations. I'd go a step
  >  further and would ask to de-orbit SPARCv8 SMP just for that alone. HPPA
  >  etc doesn't matter as RAS is fine for shared memory.
  >  
  >  I'd also note that the whole atomic API is majorly broken for the
  >  non-lockfree case, but I guess no one else cares enough about the hidden
  >  bugs... For those that doesn't care, they can use -latomic.
 
 Unfortunately, you have to fight the war with the standard you have,
 not the standard you want.
 
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 David A. Holland
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