On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 01:31, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> > but the prototype for test_and_set_bit() depends on $(ARCH), and it's
> > not consistent, with the second arg (bitmap address) being one of:
> > volatile void *
> > void *
> > volatile unsigned long *
>
> It should be unsigned long pointer. I have no idea why
> volatile is still alive. Perhaps Linus can remember why he
> left it in on is386. Other arch maintainers midnlessly ape him
> in this area. I think I even kept his e-mail where he explains
> why volatile has to go.
Several 2.4 drivers assume the test_and_set point is a memory
barrier for locking. Lots of
if(test_and_set_bit(0, &foo))
{
x=foodev->blah
Since its inline code and not a memory barrier otherwise there
is little stop the compile doing
x=foodev->blah
first
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