Re: [patch] Re: using long instead of atomic_t when only set/readis required

[Alan Cox]

> Atomicity of reads of write for pointers and integral types (other than 
> long long) should be documented.

NAK.

Atomicity of reads or writes for pointers and integral types is NOT
guaranteed. Gcc doesn't believe in your guarantee.

Alan
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