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From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 01:21:41 +0200 Matteo Croce <technoboy85@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The patch introduces vast number of volatile structure fields.  Please see
> > Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt.
> 
> Removing them and the kernel hangs at module load

They can't just be removed.  Please see the document.  There are I/O APIs
which, if properly used, make volatile unneeded.