Re: [RFC/PATCH] doc: volatile considered evil

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>   
>> Since 'volatile' has two different semantics depending on the context in 
>> which it is used, this warning should be appended to include the fact that 
>> it is legitimate to use for inline assembly.
>>     
>
> I think it hasn't two semantics, it's like arguing that char has two
> semantics.
>   

No, David means that "asm volatile (...)" is meaningful and OK to use.

    J
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