rust/compiler/rustc_target
bors 90f0b24ad3 Auto merge of #98333 - SimonSapin:riscv-atomic, r=Amanieu
Re-enable atomic loads and stores for all RISC-V targets

This roughly reverts PR https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/66548

Atomic "CAS" are still disabled for targets without the *“A” Standard Extension for Atomic Instructions*. However this extension only adds instructions for operations more complex than simple loads and stores, which are always atomic when aligned.

In the [Unprivileged Spec v. 20191213](https://riscv.org/technical/specifications/) section 2.6 *Load and Store Instructions* of chapter 2 *RV32I Base Integer Instruction Set* (emphasis mine):

> Even when misaligned loads and stores complete successfully, these accesses might run extremely slowly depending on the implementation (e.g., when implemented via an invisible trap). Further-more, whereas **naturally aligned loads and stores are guaranteed to execute atomically**, misaligned loads and stores might not, and hence require additional synchronization to ensure atomicity.

Unfortunately PR https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/66548 did not provide much details on the bug that motivated it, but https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/66240 and https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/85736 appear related and happen with targets that do have the A extension.
2023-08-05 01:53:32 +00:00
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src Auto merge of #98333 - SimonSapin:riscv-atomic, r=Amanieu 2023-08-05 01:53:32 +00:00
Cargo.toml rustc_codegen_ssa: Set e_flags for AVR architecture based on target CPU 2023-05-21 16:56:57 -05:00
README.md Fix outdated crate names in compiler docs 2021-04-08 11:12:14 -05:00

rustc_target contains some very low-level details that are specific to different compilation targets and so forth.

For more information about how rustc works, see the rustc dev guide.