Implement js_CompareAndSwap for GCC x86 (Linux, FreeBSD etc). This gives us fast thin locks on Linux. bug 20357 r=brendan a=brendan

This version should now work on older binutils too.

js/src/jslock.c

@@ -93,6 +93,25 @@ js_CompareAndSwap(jsword *w, jsword ov, jsword nv)
 	}
 }
 
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__i386__) && !defined(NSPR_LOCK)
+
+/* Note: This fails on 386 cpus, cmpxchgl is a >= 486 instruction */
+JS_INLINE int
+js_CompareAndSwap(jsword *w, jsword ov, jsword nv)
+{
+    unsigned int res;
+
+    __asm__ __volatile__ (
+                          "lock\n"
+                          "cmpxchgl %2, (%1)\n"
+                          "sete %%al\n"
+                          "andl $1, %%eax\n"
+                          : "=a" (res)
+                          : "r" (w), "r" (nv), "a" (ov) 
+                          : "cc", "memory");
+    return res;
+}
+
 #elif defined(SOLARIS) && defined(sparc) && !defined(NSPR_LOCK)
 
 #ifndef ULTRA_SPARC

js/src/jslock.h

@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ extern JSBool js_IsScopeLocked(JSScope *scope);
 	JS_LOCK_RUNTIME_VOID(_rt, e);                                         \
     JS_END_MACRO
 
-#if defined(JS_USE_ONLY_NSPR_LOCKS) || !(defined(_WIN32) || defined(SOLARIS) || defined(AIX))
+#if defined(JS_USE_ONLY_NSPR_LOCKS) || \
+    !( (defined(_WIN32) && defined(_M_IX86)) || defined(SOLARIS) || defined(AIX) || (defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__i386__)) )
 
 #undef JS_LOCK0
 #undef JS_UNLOCK0