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DateTue, 07 Aug 2007 22:50:28 -0600
From"Chris Friesen" <>
SubjectRe: why are some atomic_t's not volatile, while most are?
Chris Snook wrote:

> This is not a problem, since indirect references will cause the CPU to 
> fetch the data from memory/cache anyway.

Isn't Zan's sample code (that shows the problem) already using indirect 
references?

Chris
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