linux-kernel - Re: Is gcc thread-unsafe?

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Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:16:10 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Is gcc thread-unsafe?

On Friday 26 October 2007 01:14:41 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > 
> > > Marking volatile I think is out of the question. To start with,
> > > volatile creates really poor code (and most of the time we actually
> > > do want the code in critical sections to be as tight as possible).
> > 
> > Poor code is better than broken code I would say.
> 
> No. A *working*compiler* is better than broken code.
> 
> There's no way to use volatile for these things, since it can hit 
> *anything*.

No it can't (at least not on x86) as I have explained in the rest of the mail 
you conveniently snipped.

-Andi
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