Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:11:46 -0800
From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
To: Luke Yang <luke.adi@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: ADI Blackfin patch for kernel 2.6.14
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Luke wrote:
> > Cow.  You know that volatile in-kernel is basically always wrong?
> >
>   I really don't know that...  Could you refer me to any document or
> posts talking about it? thank you!

Start with:

  http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/1/6/139

> Date	Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:02:18 -0800 (PST)
> From	Linus Torvalds <>
> Subject	Re: [PATCH] fix get_jiffies_64 to work on voyager
> 
> [ This is a big rant against using "volatile" on data structures. Feel 
>   free to ignore it, but the fact is, I'm right. You should never EVER use
>   "volatile" on a data structure. ]

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