Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently across all architectures

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Aug 15 2007 - 12:08:52 EST


On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 11:33:36PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 07:25:16AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> >
> > Do we really need another set of APIs? Can you give even one example
> > where the pre-existing volatile semantics are causing enough of a problem
> > to justify adding yet more atomic_*() APIs?
>
> Let's turn this around. Can you give a single example where
> the volatile semantics is needed in a legitimate way?

Sorry, but you are the one advocating for the change.

Nice try, though! ;-)

Thanx, Paul
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