netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: batch skb dequeueing from softnet input_pkt

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Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:43:07 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: batch skb dequeueing from softnet input_pkt_queue

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Paul E. McKenney
<paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 05:50:29PM +0800, Changli Gao wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >        Probably not necessary.
>> >
>> >> +     volatile bool           flush_processing_queue;
>> >
>> > Use of 'volatile' is strongly discouraged, I would say, forbidden.
>>
>> volatile is used to avoid compiler optimization.
>
> Would it be reasonable to use ACCESS_ONCE() where this variable is used?

Oh, thanks. ACCESS_ONCE() is just what I need.

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Regards，
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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