powerpc: Add the lock elision using HTM

This patch adds support for lock elision using ISA 2.07 hardware
transactional memory instructions for pthread_mutex primitives.
Similar to s390 version, the for elision logic defined in
'force-elision.h' is only enabled if ENABLE_LOCK_ELISION is defined.

Also, the lock elision code should be able to be built even with
a compiler that does not provide HTM support with builtins.
However I have noted the performance is sub-optimal due scheduling
pressures.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/pthread_mutex_timedlock.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/pthread_mutex_timedlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0e6537ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/pthread_mutex_timedlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* Elided version of pthread_mutex_timedlock.
+   Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <elision-conf.h>
+#include <force-elision.h>
+
+#include <nptl/pthread_mutex_timedlock.c>