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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/4] [x86] : Add support for the RDC R-321x SoC
On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:41:31 +0200
Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@telecomint.eu> wrote:

> +static struct {
> + struct completion stop;
> + volatile int running;
> + struct timer_list timer;
> + volatile int queue;
> + int default_ticks;
> + unsigned long inuse;
> +} rdc321x_wdt_device;

Why the volatiles? If these actually help then it's probably an indication
that something is wrong in the implementation.

Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt has some details.
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