Linus Torvalds wrote:
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Chris Friesen wrote:The C standard requires the use of volatile for signal handlers and setjmp.Actually, the C standard requires "sigatomic_t".
That's sig_atomic_t, which simply guarantees that the data item can be read or written indivisibly with respect to signal handlers. The standard goes on to suggest using it in combination with volatile as needed. Cheers - 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/
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