"David Laight" <david.lai...@aculab.com> wrote on 11/01/2013 06:25:29 PM: > gcc will do unexpected memory accesses for bit fields that are > adjacent to volatile data. > In particular it may generate 64bit sized (and aligned) RMW cycles > when accessing bit fields. > And yes, this has caused real problems.
Thanks, I am aware about this bug/feature in gcc. -- Victor -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
