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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v9 3/5] qrwlock, x86 - Treat all data type not bigger than long as atomic in x86
    On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 02:09:33PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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    > * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
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    > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 01:09:17PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    > > >
    > > > * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
    > > >
    > > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 04:31:56PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
    > > > > > And if somebody tries to do a "smp_store_release()" on a random
    > > > > > structure or union, do we care? We're not some nanny state that wants
    > > > > > to give nice warnings for insane code.
    > > > >
    > > > > Hurm, and here I thought warning on insane code was a good idea :/
    > > >
    > > > There's a level of insanity that is best cured through Darwin Awards?
    > >
    > > Yeah, but who will clean up after them? :-)
    >
    > Birds, insects, bacteria?

    In the Linux kernel, it will probably be us cleaning up after them. ;-)

    Thanx, Paul



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