Hi. This is a resubmission of patches originally created by Ingo Molnar. The link below is the initial (?) posting of the patch.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115217423929806&w=2 Remove 'volatile' from spinlock_types as it causes GCC to generate bad code (see link) and locking should be used on kernel data. Signed-off-by: Art Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff --git a/include/asm-i386/spinlock_types.h b/include/asm-i386/spinlock_types.h index 59efe84..4da9345 100644 --- a/include/asm-i386/spinlock_types.h +++ b/include/asm-i386/spinlock_types.h @@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ #endif typedef struct { - volatile unsigned int slock; + unsigned int slock; } raw_spinlock_t; #define __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED { 1 } typedef struct { - volatile unsigned int lock; + unsigned int lock; } raw_rwlock_t; #define __RAW_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED { RW_LOCK_BIAS } diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/spinlock_types.h b/include/asm-x86_64/spinlock_types.h index 59efe84..4da9345 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86_64/spinlock_types.h +++ b/include/asm-x86_64/spinlock_types.h @@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ #endif typedef struct { - volatile unsigned int slock; + unsigned int slock; } raw_spinlock_t; #define __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED { 1 } typedef struct { - volatile unsigned int lock; + unsigned int lock; } raw_rwlock_t; #define __RAW_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED { RW_LOCK_BIAS } -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/