> That's distressing. I'm about to resubmit with a volatile cast in > atomic_set as well, since people expect that behavior and I've been > shown a legitimate case where it could matter. Does the assembly look > right with that cast in atomic_set() as well?
No. With the casts to volatile in atomic_set and atomic64_set I still see places where ld8 is changed to ld4 + sign-extend. -Tony - 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/