On Tue, 8 May 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote: > [well, can be turned into a patch] > > Here are some 'volatile' comments from Linus, extracted from > several emails in at least 2 threads. > > If this is close to useful, we can add it to Documentation/. > > =============================================================== > > ***** "volatile" considered useless and evil: Just Say NO! ***** > > Do not use the C-language "volatile" keyword > (extracted from lkml emails from Linus) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
