Hi All,
Why do we need the socket state (for the nework layer representation of the sockets) to be
volatile?
It is implemented as volatile unsigned char skc_state in struct sock_common .
The tcp state change handler does not give me any clues also.
Is this simply an overkill here or to supress optimization from the GCC?
Can we just use memory barriers here?[refer: volatile considered harmful on LKML]
Thank you
~psr
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