Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 08 May 2007 14:05:49 -0700 | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH] doc: volatile considered evil |
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Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> writes: > > >> Since 'volatile' has two different semantics depending on the context in >> which it is used, this warning should be appended to include the fact that >> it is legitimate to use for inline assembly. >> > > I think it hasn't two semantics, it's like arguing that char has two > semantics. >
No, David means that "asm volatile (...)" is meaningful and OK to use.
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