> In Ethernet drivers, for example, it is common for the network card to
> maintain a pointer in host memory the the latest descriptor written; you
> will generally have a loop of the form:
>
> while ((this_pointer = *pointer_ptr) > my_last_pointer) {
> for (pkt = my_last_pointer; pkt < this_pointer; pkt++)
> receeive_packet(pkt);
> my_last_pointer = this_pointer;
> }
>
> pointer_p can then be a volatile pointer into said coherent memory.
True but you can happily use rmb/wmb for this which are clearer and fit
the rest of the Linux model better.
Alan
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