[PATCH 7/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently on h8300

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From: Chris Snook <[email protected]>

Make atomic_read() volatile on h8300.  This ensures that busy-waiting
for an interrupt handler to change an atomic_t won't get compiled to an
infinite loop, consistent with SMP architectures.

Signed-off-by: Chris Snook <[email protected]>

--- linux-2.6.23-rc2-orig/include/asm-h8300/atomic.h	2007-07-08 19:32:17.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc2/include/asm-h8300/atomic.h	2007-08-09 06:45:43.000000000 -0400
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 typedef struct { int counter; } atomic_t;
 #define ATOMIC_INIT(i)	{ (i) }
 
-#define atomic_read(v)		((v)->counter)
+/*
+ * Casting to volatile here minimizes the need for barriers,
+ * without having to declare the type itself as volatile.
+ */
+#define atomic_read(v)		(*(volatile int *)&(v)->counter)
 #define atomic_set(v, i)	(((v)->counter) = i)
 
 #include <asm/system.h>
-
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