Re: [PATCH 6/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently on frv

Chris Snook [off-list ref] wrote:

cpu_relax() contains a barrier, so it should do the right thing.  For 
non-smp architectures, I'm concerned about interacting with interrupt 
handlers.  Some drivers do use atomic_* operations.

What problems with interrupt handlers? Access to int/long must
be atomic or we're in big trouble anyway.

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