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diff --git a/results/scraper/fex/311 b/results/scraper/fex/311 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b62de0769 --- /dev/null +++ b/results/scraper/fex/311 @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Unaligned atomic memory ops support +Currently x86 instructions translated to the atomic IR ops aren't expecting an alignment. +Compilers will go out of their way to avoid these unaligned atomics on the x86 side due to the "big ring lock" but they can still be done. +ARMv8.4-LSE resolves this issue mostly where it relaxes the atomic alignment problem. + +But we still need to work with unaligned atomics on older ARMv8 versions, and doesn't resolve the problem of an unaligned atomic crossing a cacheline (x86 works in this instance). +Will need a backpatch + fallback handling, or if it happens non-frequently, handle it in the signal handler and dispatch a threaded recompiled replacement. \ No newline at end of file |