On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 11:11:25AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Now, the change of algorithm might be something like
>
> /*
> * We need to get _one_ value here, because our
> * state machine ....
> */
gcc can assume 'state' stays constant in memory not just during the
'case'.
> The C standard doesn't say crap about volatile. It leaves it up to the
> compiler to do something about it.
The C folks definitely say it is a kernel bug if you don't apply my
patch and I agree with them. Ask Jan.
Andrea
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