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SubjectRe: [PATCH] remove volatile from nmi.c


On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>
> > endflag = 1;
> > smp_wmb();
>
> This was what I originally wrote, and then I saw the set_wmb which made
> me think that it was the proper way to do things (why else is it
> there?). So if it shouldn't be used, then we should get rid of it or at
> least mark it deprecated, otherwise you have people like me thinking
> that we should use it.

Yeah, we should probably get rid of it. No need to even mark it
deprecated, since nobody uses it anyway.

At a minimum, I think we should not document it in the locking
documentation, making people incorrectly think it might be a good idea.

Hmm? Andrew?

Linus
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