Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755611AbZJZTGz (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:06:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755545AbZJZTGy (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:06:54 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.157]:40007 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755068AbZJZTGw (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:06:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: <7ADB5FD7-9C97-4987-BC20-997258B25FD2@noahdesu.com> <4AE5F04E.3050908@nortel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Cc: Chris Friesen , linux-kernel , noah@noahdesu.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Noah Watkins Subject: Re: Difference between atomic operations and memory barriers Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:07:27 -0700 To: "Leonidas ." X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 423 Lines: 16 > So we can safely assume that pointer assignment will be done in an > atomic manner? See the the comment above rcu_assign_pointer in include/linux/rcupdate.h -noah > -Leo. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/