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I wrote:
> static inline void A(atomic_t *a)
> {
> 	int b = atomic_read(a);
> 	if (b)
> 		do_something_time_consuming();
> }
> 
> static inline void B(atomic_t *a)
> {
> 	int b = atomic_read(a);
> 	if (b)
> 		do_something_more();
> }
> 
> static void C(atomic_t *a)
> {
> 	A(a);
> 	B(b);
	/* ^ typo */
	B(a);
> }
> 
> Would this need forget(a) after A(a)?
> 
> (Is the latter actually answered in C99 or is it compiler-dependent?)


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