linux-kernel - Re: [RFC local_t removal V1 0/4] Remove local

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:05:21 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC local_t removal V1 0/4] Remove local_t

On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:

> > Volatile is discouraged as far as I can tell.
>
> If you want to ensure that a simple variable assignment or read
> (local_set, local_read) are not performed piecewise by the compiler
> which can cause odd effects when shared with interrupt handlers, this
> will however be necessary.

Piecewise? Assignment of scalars or a pointer is an atomic operation by
default. Lots of things will break if that is not true.
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