*
* Atomically reads the value of @ptr and returns it.
*/
+static inline u64 atomic64_read(atomic64_t *ptr)
+{
+ u64 res;
+
+ /*
+ * Note, we inline this atomic64_t primitive because
+ * it only clobbers EAX/EDX and leaves the others
+ * untouched. We also (somewhat subtly) rely on the
+ * fact that cmpxchg8b returns the current 64-bit value
+ * of the memory location we are touching:
+ */
+ asm volatile(
+ "mov %%ebx, %%eax\n\t"
+ "mov %%ecx, %%edx\n\t"
+ LOCK_PREFIX "cmpxchg8b %1\n"
+ : "=&A" (res)
+ : "m" (*ptr)
+ );
+
+ return res;
+}
+
extern u64 atomic64_read(atomic64_t *ptr);
/**