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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently on alpha
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Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> The compiler is within its rights to read a 32-bit quantity 16 bits at
> at time, even on a 32-bit machine. I would be glad to help pummel any
> compiler writer that pulls such a dirty trick, but the C standard really
> does permit this.

Code all over the kernel assumes that 32-bit reads/writes
are atomic so while such a compiler might be legal it certainly
can't compile Linux.

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