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FromSegher Boessenkool <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently across all architectures
DateTue, 21 Aug 2007 00:07:15 +0200
> Such code generally doesn't care precisely when it gets the update, 
> just that the update is atomic, and it doesn't loop forever.

Yes, it _does_ care that it gets the update _at all_, and preferably
as early as possible.

> Regardless, I'm convinced we just need to do it all in assembly.

So do you want "volatile asm" or "plain asm", for atomic_read()?
The asm version has two ways to go about it too...


Segher

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