On Tue, 8 May 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote: > From: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Add information on the problems with the C-language "volatile" keyword > and why it should not be used (most of the time). > > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > Documentation/volatile-usage.txt | 129 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 129 insertions(+) > > --- /dev/null > +++ linux-2.6.21-git10/Documentation/volatile-usage.txt > @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ > +***** "volatile" considered useless and evil: Just Say NO! ***** > + > +Do not use the C-language "volatile" keyword > +(extracted from lkml emails from Linus) > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > +
Again, please change this sweeping introduction to explicitly state that Linus' emails were a criticism of using 'volatile' for objects (he refers to them as "data structures") and can be appropriate for asm constructs. - 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/
