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diff --git a/src/libthread/Linux-power-asm.s b/src/libthread/Linux-power-asm.s
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+	.globl	_tas
+_tas:
+	li	%r0, 0
+	mr	%r4, %r3
+	lis	%r5, 0xcafe
+	ori	%r5, %r5, 0xbabe
+1:
+	lwarx	%r3, %r0, %r4
+	cmpwi	%r3, 0
+	bne	2f
+	stwcx.	%r5, %r0, %r4
+	bne-	1b
+2:
+	sync
+	blr
+