On Sun, 9 Sep 2007 19:02:54 +0100 Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why is all this fixation on "volatile"? I don't think > people want "volatile" keyword per se, they want atomic_read(&x) to > _always_ compile into an memory-accessing instruction, not register > access. and ... why is that? is there any valid, non-buggy code sequence that makes that a reasonable requirement? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
