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From: Valdis.Kletnieks

Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently across all architectures

Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 3:51 pm

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:16:43 PDT, "Paul E. McKenney" said:

quoted text> I agree that instant gratification is hard to come by when synching
> up compiler and kernel versions.  Nonetheless, it should be possible
> to create APIs that are are conditioned on the compiler version.

We've tried that, sort of.  See the mess surrounding the whole
extern/static/inline/__whatever boondogle, which seems to have
changed semantics in every single gcc release since 2.95 or so.

And recently mention was made that gcc4.4 will have *new* semantics
in this area. Yee. Hah.

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Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Chris Snook, (Tue Aug 14, 4:04 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Christoph Lameter, (Tue Aug 14, 4:14 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Herbert Xu, (Tue Aug 14, 11:49 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Heiko Carstens, (Wed Aug 15, 1:18 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Stefan Richter, (Wed Aug 15, 6:53 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Wed Aug 15, 7:35 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Herbert Xu, (Wed Aug 15, 7:52 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Stefan Richter, (Wed Aug 15, 9:09 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Chris Snook, (Wed Aug 15, 9:13 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Wed Aug 15, 9:27 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Wed Aug 15, 10:13 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Wed Aug 15, 11:31 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Wed Aug 15, 11:57 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Wed Aug 15, 12:54 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Stefan Richter, (Wed Aug 15, 12:58 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Wed Aug 15, 1:17 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Wed Aug 15, 1:47 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Wed Aug 15, 1:52 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Wed Aug 15, 2:05 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Wed Aug 15, 3:42 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Wed Aug 15, 3:44 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Herbert Xu, (Wed Aug 15, 4:40 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Wed Aug 15, 4:51 pm)

[No subject], Satyam Sharma, (Wed Aug 15, 5:36 pm)

[PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu.h:wa ..., Satyam Sharma, (Wed Aug 15, 5:39 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Wed Aug 15, 6:23 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Wed Aug 15, 6:26 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Wed Aug 15, 6:30 pm)

Re: , Segher Boessenkool, (Wed Aug 15, 6:38 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Wed Aug 15, 7:22 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Nick Piggin, (Wed Aug 15, 7:23 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Wed Aug 15, 7:30 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Thu Aug 16, 12:32 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Thu Aug 16, 12:33 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Nick Piggin, (Thu Aug 16, 7:19 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul Mackerras, (Thu Aug 16, 8:16 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Nick Piggin, (Thu Aug 16, 8:32 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Linus Torvalds, (Thu Aug 16, 8:42 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Linus Torvalds, (Thu Aug 16, 8:50 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Thu Aug 16, 10:18 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Thu Aug 16, 10:56 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Geert Uytterhoeven, (Thu Aug 16, 11:42 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Nick Piggin, (Fri Aug 17, 12:26 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Fri Aug 17, 1:47 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Andi Kleen, (Fri Aug 17, 1:52 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Nick Piggin, (Fri Aug 17, 2:15 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul Mackerras, (Fri Aug 17, 2:48 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Fri Aug 17, 3:08 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Fri Aug 17, 3:12 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Fri Aug 17, 3:23 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Nick Piggin, (Fri Aug 17, 5:14 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Fri Aug 17, 6:05 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Fri Aug 17, 10:37 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Fri Aug 17, 3:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Fri Aug 17, 3:49 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Fri Aug 17, 4:51 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Fri Aug 17, 4:55 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Fri Aug 17, 4:59 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Herbert Xu, (Fri Aug 17, 5:09 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Fri Aug 17, 6:08 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Christoph Lameter, (Fri Aug 17, 6:24 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Fri Aug 17, 6:41 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Linus Torvalds, (Fri Aug 17, 9:13 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Satyam Sharma, (Sat Aug 18, 6:36 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Sat Aug 18, 2:54 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Sat Aug 18, 2:56 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Linus Torvalds, (Sat Aug 18, 3:41 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Sat Aug 18, 4:19 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Chris Snook, (Mon Aug 20, 6:31 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Mon Aug 20, 3:04 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Russell King, (Mon Aug 20, 3:48 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Mon Aug 20, 4:02 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Mon Aug 20, 5:05 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Russell King, (Tue Aug 21, 12:05 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Russell King, (Tue Aug 21, 12:08 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul Mackerras, (Tue Aug 21, 2:33 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Aug 21, 4:37 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Tue Aug 21, 7:39 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Segher Boessenkool, (Tue Aug 21, 7:48 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Tue Aug 21, 9:16 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Valdis.Kletnieks, (Tue Aug 21, 3:51 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Paul E. McKenney, (Tue Aug 21, 5:50 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Adrian Bunk, (Wed Aug 22, 2:38 pm)

Re: [PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu. ..., Denys Vlasenko, (Fri Aug 24, 4:59 am)

Re: [PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu. ..., Andi Kleen, (Fri Aug 24, 5:07 am)

RE: [PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu. ..., Kenn Humborg, (Fri Aug 24, 5:12 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Denys Vlasenko, (Fri Aug 24, 5:19 am)

Re: [PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu. ..., Satyam Sharma, (Fri Aug 24, 6:30 am)

Re: [PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu. ..., Denys Vlasenko, (Fri Aug 24, 7:25 am)

RE: [PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu. ..., Luck, Tony, (Fri Aug 24, 9:19 am)

Re: [PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu. ..., Christoph Lameter, (Fri Aug 24, 10:06 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently ac ..., Linus Torvalds, (Fri Aug 24, 10:19 am)

Re: [PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu. ..., Linus Torvalds, (Fri Aug 24, 10:34 am)

Re: [PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu. ..., Denys Vlasenko, (Fri Aug 24, 1:26 pm)

Re: [PATCH] i386: Fix a couple busy loops in mach_wakecpu. ..., Chris Snook, (Fri Aug 24, 1:34 pm)

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