ARMv6 onwards. These architectures provide the load-linked, store-conditional pair of ldrex/strex whose use
is recommended in place of 'swp'. Also, the description of the 'swp' instruction in the ARMv6 reference
manual states that the swap operation does not include any memory barrier guarantees.This fix attempts to
address these issues by providing an atomic swap implementation using ldrex/strex under _ARM_HAVE_LDREX_STREX
macro. This Fix is verified on ST Ericsson's U8500 platform and Submitted on behalf of a third-party:
Surinder-pal SINGH from STMicroelectronics.
Introduce a new header file containing ARM-specific feature
test macros (e.g. __ARM_HAVE_PAIR_LOAD_STORE corresponding
to ldrd/strd instructions). Also modify a few files in our
system to use the macros in order to build for ARMv4T.