On 08/06/2010 05:43 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
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> You certainly mean "the compiler currently treats this as being:" - I
> don't think there's a guarantee it'll always be doing so.
>
>> 	for (;;) {
>> 		if (inc.tickets.head == inc.tickets.tail)
>> 			goto out;
>> 		...
>> 	}
>> out:	barrier();
>> }
>>
>> (Which would probably be a reasonable way to clarify the code.)
> I therefore think it needs to be written this way.

Agreed.

     J
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