linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc: volatile considered evil

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Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 14:36:21 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Sokolovsky <pmiscml@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeremy@...p.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: volatile considered evil

> Thus, any reliance on type-qualifying an object that represents an atomic 
> or locking primitive on the keyword 'volatile' is misplaced.

arch/foo is generally implementation specific code.
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