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/*	$OpenBSD: _atomic_lock.c,v 1.4 2013/06/01 20:47:40 tedu Exp $	*/

/* David Leonard, <d@csee.uq.edu.au>. Public domain. */

/*
 * Atomic lock for amd64 -- taken from i386 code.
 */

#include <machine/spinlock.h>

int
_atomic_lock(volatile _atomic_lock_t *lock)
{
	_atomic_lock_t old;

	/*
	 * Use the eXCHanGe instruction to swap the lock value with
	 * a local variable containing the locked state.
	 */
	old = _ATOMIC_LOCK_LOCKED;
	__asm__("xchg %0,(%2)"
		: "=r" (old)
		: "0"  (old), "r"  (lock));

	return (old != _ATOMIC_LOCK_UNLOCKED);
}