Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:39:39 -0500 | From | Joe Korty <> | Subject | Re: What does atomic_read actually do? |
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On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:20:44PM -0500, Joseph Seigh wrote: > so why use atomic_read?
Because atomic_t is opaque and atomic_read lets you get at the value when that is all you want to do.
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