RE: [PATCH 9/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently on ia64

Luck, Tony
2007-08-10T21:19:58Z

> That's distressing. I'm about to resubmit with a volatile cast in
> atomic_set as well, since people expect that behavior and I've been
> shown a legitimate case where it could matter. Does the assembly look
> right with that cast in atomic_set() as well?

No. With the casts to volatile in atomic_set and atomic64_set I
still see places where ld8 is changed to ld4 + sign-extend.

-Tony