On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 11:36 AM Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote: > ... > It turns out that the C keyword 'volatile' usually doesn't actually do what > needs to happen if a variable actually *is* volatile and subject to change > while the executing thread isn't looking. > > There's a good documentation file on this: > > Documentation/process/volatile-considered-harmful.rst Also see Ian Lance Taylor's https://www.airs.com/blog/archives/154. He's a GCC dev, and he explains how GCC interprets the keyword. Jeff _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
