linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently on m68knommu

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Date:	Thu, 9 Aug 2007 09:56:23 -0400
From:	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
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Subject: [PATCH 11/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently on m68knommu

From: Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>

Make atomic_read() volatile on m68knommu.  This ensures that busy-waiting
for an interrupt handler to change an atomic_t won't get compiled to an
infinite loop, consistent with SMP architectures.

Signed-off-by: Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>

--- linux-2.6.23-rc2-orig/include/asm-m68knommu/atomic.h	2007-07-08 19:32:17.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc2/include/asm-m68knommu/atomic.h	2007-08-09 07:00:24.000000000 -0400
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 typedef struct { int counter; } atomic_t;
 #define ATOMIC_INIT(i)	{ (i) }
 
-#define atomic_read(v)		((v)->counter)
+/*
+ * Casting to volatile here minimizes the need for barriers,
+ * without having to declare the type itself as volatile.
+ */
+#define atomic_read(v)		(*(volatile int *)&(v)->counter)
 #define atomic_set(v, i)	(((v)->counter) = i)
 
 static __inline__ void atomic_add(int i, atomic_t *v)
-
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