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

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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2007 00:34:15 +0530
From:	"Satyam Sharma" <satyam.sharma@...il.com>
To:	"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	"Stefan Richter" <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul Sokolovsky" <pmiscml@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rientjes@...gle.com, jeremy@...p.org,
	"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: volatile considered evil

On 5/9/07, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 09 May 2007 10:50:21 +0200 Stefan Richter wrote:
>
> > Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > Add information on the problems with the C-language "volatile" keyword
> > > and why it should not be used (most of the time).
> >
> > I like Jonathan's article http://lwn.net/Articles/233479/ a lot.
> > It puts as much emphasis on the DOs as on the DON'Ts, which I find helpful.
>
> Yep.  I expect to drop my patch in favor of Jon's writeup.

Yeah, that article was both comprehensive and to-the-point indeed. I
was trying my hand at re-organizing your original mail, but Jon's
version is nicer.
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