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

Alan Cox
2008-03-03T17:48:32Z

> Are you sure gcc doesn't? Or is it just "C"?

gcc doesn't

> Linux wouldn't work today if gcc did something non-atomic there
> (presuming you're talking about naturally aligned pointers/ints).
> It is widely used and accepted.

Yes and we've had tty layer traces in the past clearly showing it isn't
always safe, especially if any math is involved anywhere near the
assignment. That may be why pointer flipping happens to work.

Alan