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From: Duncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Writable module parameters - should be volatile?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:02:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200409162102.57221.baldrick@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1095098065.25641.38.camel@bach>

Hi Rusty,

> > Shouldn't I declare num_rcv_urbs volatile?  Otherwise compiler
> > optimizations could (for example) stick it in a register and miss
> > any changes made by someone writing to it...
> 
> Sure.

except for the compiler warnings...

> If it really matters, you're going to need something stronger 
> than that, eg module_param_call().  For debugging, it's not usually a
> problem.  For more complex parameters, you usually need locks anyway.

Ah ha! - you can supply your own "set" and "get" methods.  Yes, that solves it.

Ciao,

Duncan.


      reply	other threads:[~2004-09-16 22:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-09-12 11:57 Writable module parameters - should be volatile? Duncan Sands
2004-09-12 12:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2004-09-13 11:58   ` Duncan Sands
2004-09-13 17:54 ` Rusty Russell
2004-09-16 19:02   ` Duncan Sands [this message]

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