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As documented in open-mpi#4563 and open-mpi#3697, there is an issue on ARM and
POWER platforms when the atomic fifo assembly isn't inlined,
which manifests as a hang.  Document the issue and the
work-around until a proper fix is committed.

Signed-off-by: Brian Barrett <bbarrett@amazon.com>
(cherry picked from commit 4658422)
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can build hwloc 1.11.6 externally and tell Open MPI's configure to
use the external hwloc with the --with-hwloc=external (if in default
search path) or --with-hwloc=<path>.
- ARM and POWER users may experience intermittent hangs when Open MPI
is compiled with low optimization settings, due to an issue with our
atomic list implementation. We recommend compiling with -O3
optimization, both for performance reasons and to avoid this hang.

Compiler Notes
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