Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] Rework READ_ONCE() to improve codegen

[David Howells]

Of course, if you're feeling adventurous and willing to at least entertain the
mere speculation of switching the kernel source to C++, we could then use
inline template functions:

	template <typename T>
	static inline T __READ_ONCE(T &var)
	{
		T val = *(const volatile T *)&var;
		return val;
	}

	template <typename T>
	static inline T READ_ONCE(T &var)
	{
		T val;
		compiletime_assert_rwonce_type(var);
		val = __READ_ONCE(var);
		smp_read_barrier_depends();
		return val;
	}

Of course, that would mean using C++...

David