Re: postgreSQL-8.0.1 compilation with icc-8.1 on Itanium-2

Vikram Kalsi wrote:
> The _InterlockedExchange() function is defined in ia64intrin.h header file
>
> int _InterlockedExchange(volatile int *Target, long value)
> Do an exchange operation atomically. Maps to the xchg4 instruction.
>
> More information is available at
> http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/clin/docs/ug_cpp/lin1072.htm
>
> Also, some other points to note, _ICC wasn't defined on my
> installation when I was using icc by setting env var CC=icc. So, when
> I tried to put a "#if defined" for using asm() for gcc and
> _InterlockedExchange(), it didn't work. So, after this change gcc
> compilation fails.

Oh, I see _InterlockedExchange is inlined assembler. Let me work on a
patch and post it to you.

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