[PowerPC] enable AtomicExpandImpl::expandAtomicCmpXchg for powerpc (#142395) In PowerPC, the AtomicCmpXchgInst is lowered to ISD::ATOMIC_CMP_SWAP_WITH_SUCCESS. However, this node does not handle the weak attribute of AtomicCmpXchgInst. As a result, when compiling C++ atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit, the generated assembly includes a "reservation lost" loop — i.e., it branches back and retries if the stwcx. (store-conditional) fails. This differs from GCC’s codegen, which does not include that loop for weak compare-exchange. Since PowerPC uses LL/SC-style atomic instructions, the patch enables AtomicExpandImpl::expandAtomicCmpXchg for PowerPC. With this, the weak attribute is properly respected, and the "reservation lost" loop is removed for weak operations. --------- Co-authored-by: Matt Arsenault <arsenm2@gmail.com>
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