On Thu, 8 May 2003, Mohanasundaram C wrote: > Can anyone please explain me what is the meaning of the keyword > "volatile" in the kernel code It is a hint to compiler not to do some optimizations with this variable, because it might change from outside of the current code. -- JiKos. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/