Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently across all architectures | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:51:16 -0400 |
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:16:43 PDT, "Paul E. McKenney" said:
> I agree that instant gratification is hard to come by when synching > up compiler and kernel versions. Nonetheless, it should be possible > to create APIs that are are conditioned on the compiler version.
We've tried that, sort of. See the mess surrounding the whole extern/static/inline/__whatever boondogle, which seems to have changed semantics in every single gcc release since 2.95 or so.
And recently mention was made that gcc4.4 will have *new* semantics in this area. Yee. Hah.
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