Re: [PATCH] doc: volatile considered evil

Satyam Sharma
2007-05-09T19:04:25Z

On 5/9/07, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 09 May 2007 10:50:21 +0200 Stefan Richter wrote:
>
> > Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > Add information on the problems with the C-language "volatile" keyword
> > > and why it should not be used (most of the time).
> >
> > I like Jonathan's article http://lwn.net/Articles/233479/ a lot.
> > It puts as much emphasis on the DOs as on the DON'Ts, which I find helpful.
>
> Yep. I expect to drop my patch in favor of Jon's writeup.

Yeah, that article was both comprehensive and to-the-point indeed. I
was trying my hand at re-organizing your original mail, but Jon's
version is nicer.