Paul E. McKenney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The compiler is within its rights to read a 32-bit quantity 16 bits at > at time, even on a 32-bit machine. I would be glad to help pummel any > compiler writer that pulls such a dirty trick, but the C standard really > does permit this.
Code all over the kernel assumes that 32-bit reads/writes are atomic so while such a compiler might be legal it certainly can't compile Linux. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
