Re: [patch] Re: using long instead of atomic_t when only set/read is required

Alan Cox
2008-03-03T16:12:17Z

> Atomicity of reads of write for pointers and integral types (other than
> long long) should be documented.

NAK.

Atomicity of reads or writes for pointers and integral types is NOT
guaranteed. Gcc doesn't believe in your guarantee.

Alan