* [PATCH] Documentation/atomic_ops.txt: avoid volatile in sample code
@ 2011-03-24 4:55 Nikanth Karthikesan
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From: Nikanth Karthikesan @ 2011-03-24 4:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-kernel
As declaring counter as volatile is discouraged, it is best not to use it in
sample code as well.
Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
index ac4d471..3bd585b 100644
--- a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
+++ b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Also, it should be made opaque such that any kind of cast to a normal
C integer type will fail. Something like the following should
suffice:
- typedef struct { volatile int counter; } atomic_t;
+ typedef struct { int counter; } atomic_t;
Historically, counter has been declared volatile. This is now discouraged.
See Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt for the complete rationale.
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