portable-atomic 0.3.15

Portable atomic types including support for 128-bit atomics, atomic float, etc.
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# Development

## Project layout

```text
bench/                  -- simple benchmarks
build.rs                -- build script
no_atomic.rs            -- definitions of statics used by build script (auto-generated)
src/imp/atomic128/      -- 128-bit atomic implementation (mainly by asm)
src/imp/core_atomic.rs  -- wrapper for core::sync::atomic types
src/imp/fallback/       -- fallback implementation based on global locks
src/imp/interrupt/      -- fallback implementation based on disabling interrupts (for no-std)
src/imp/msp430.rs       -- atomic implementation for MSP430 (by asm)
src/imp/riscv.rs        -- atomic implementation for RISC-V without A-extension (by asm)
src/lib.rs              -- definitions of public APIs
src/tests/              -- unit tests and test helpers
src/utils.rs            -- common code
target-specs/           -- specs of custom targets
tests/api-test/         -- API check
tests/cortex-m/         -- tests for cortex-m (thumbv*m)
tests/gba/              -- tests for gba (thumbv4t)
tools/                  -- tools for CI or development
```

## Testing powerpc64le using POWER Functional Simulator

We mainly use qemu to test for targets other than x86_64/aarch64, but some instructions do not work well in qemu, so we sometimes use other tools. This section describes testing powerpc64le using IBM [POWER Functional Simulator](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6491145).

### Setup

Install dependencies.

```sh
# gcc-powerpc64le-linux-gnu and libc6-dev-ppc64el-cross for cross-compiling
# xterm for simulator
# jq for parsing json output from cargo
sudo apt-get install gcc-powerpc64le-linux-gnu libc6-dev-ppc64el-cross xterm jq
```

Download Simulator from [download page](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6493437).

Install POWER Functional Simulator.

```sh
sudo dpkg -i systemsim-p10-<version>_amd64.deb
```

Download images (see `/opt/ibm/systemsim-p10-<version>/examples/linux/README` for more).

```sh
cd /opt/ibm/systemsim-p10-<version>/examples/linux
./fetch_ubuntu_disk_image.sh
./fetch_vmlinux.sh
./fetch_skiboot.sh
mv deb2004.img ../../images/disk.img
mv vmlinux ../../images
mv skiboot.lid ../../images
```

Start simulator.

```sh
cd /opt/ibm/systemsim-<version>/run/p10/linux
../power10 -f boot-linux-ubuntu-p10.tcl
```

### Run tests

Install Rust target.

```sh
rustup target add powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu
```

Build tests for powerpc64le and get path to test binary.

```sh
# Note: Below is a way to get path to unit test binary. If you need to get
# binaries for other tests, you need to adjust the script or copy paths from
# cargo's "Executable ..." output.
binary_path=$(
  CARGO_TARGET_POWERPC64LE_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER=powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc \
    cargo test --no-run --all-features --target powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu --message-format=json --release \
    | jq -r "select(.manifest_path == \"$(cargo locate-project --message-format=plain)\") | select(.executable != null) | .executable"
)
```

Copy test binary to `/tmp` (to easily type in simulator's console).

```sh
cp "$binary_path" /tmp/t
```

In simulator's console, copy test binary from host.

```sh
callthru source /tmp/t>t && chmod +x ./t
```

Run test binary in simulator.

```sh
./t --test-threads=1
```

TODO: Automate more processes.