linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1

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Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:14:57 +0100
From:	mel@...net.ie (Mel Gorman)
To:	Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jason.wessel@...driver.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1

On (22/09/07 14:11), Satyam Sharma didst pronounce:
> 
> > -static volatile int kgdb_hwbreak_sstep[NR_CPUS];
> > +volatile int kgdb_hwbreak_sstep[NR_CPUS];
> 
> That looks fishy to me. Why is it volatile-qualified?

It turned out that it was unnecessary. A follow-up patch removed the volatile
and kept the static.

> And does that
> actually want to be a per-cpu var?
> 

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Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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