Thread (305 messages) 305 messages, 27 authors, 2007-09-11

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently across all architectures

From: Paul E. McKenney <hidden>
Date: 2007-08-15 16:08:49
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On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 11:33:36PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 07:25:16AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
quoted
Do we really need another set of APIs?  Can you give even one example
where the pre-existing volatile semantics are causing enough of a problem
to justify adding yet more atomic_*() APIs?
Let's turn this around.  Can you give a single example where
the volatile semantics is needed in a legitimate way?
Sorry, but you are the one advocating for the change.

Nice try, though!  ;-)

						Thanx, Paul
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