Re: [BUG] Variable stopmachine_state should be volatile

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >>Those barriers should already prevent compiler optimalization, no? If
> >>they do not, just use some barriers that do.
> 
> 
> I hit the problem when compiling 2.6 kernel by intel compiler.
> How about to change the type of stopmachine_state to atomic_t?

That is certainly safest / very conservative solution.
								Pavel
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Thanks, Sharp!
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