On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 16:45 -0800, Roland Dreier wrote: > So why is ipath_sma_alive an atomic_t (and why isn't it static)? > You never modify ipath_sma_alive outside of your spinlock, so I don't > see what having it be atomic buys you. It's read outside of this file, without a lock held. <b - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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