From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>,
Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>,
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>,
Heikki Orsila <shdl@zakalwe.fi>,
jimmy bahuleyan <knight.camelot@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] "volatile considered harmful", take 3
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 09:53:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4645725F.3060809@s5r6.in-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4645691C.5090408@zytor.com>
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
[slightly off topic: GCCisms in Linux kernel]
> It contains *many* constructs that are not defined in, for
> example, C99, and it would in fact be impossible to write the Linux
> kernel using only C99-compliant constructs.
True. On the other hand, it is possible to keep large parts of the
kernel independent of compiler implementation details. And it is not
only possible but also beneficial, e.g. because the compiler's
implementation changes over time.
--
Stefan Richter
-=====-=-=== -=-= -==--
http://arcgraph.de/sr/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-12 7:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-11 17:36 Jonathan Corbet
2007-05-11 21:25 ` Jesper Juhl
2007-05-12 3:21 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-12 4:29 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-12 5:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-12 5:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-12 6:15 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-12 6:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-12 7:02 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-12 7:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-12 7:28 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-12 7:53 ` Stefan Richter [this message]
2007-05-12 11:51 ` Heikki Orsila
2007-05-12 18:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-12 7:22 ` Stefan Richter
2007-05-12 7:33 ` jimmy bahuleyan
2007-05-12 7:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-12 19:17 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
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2007-05-13 0:00 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-05-14 3:37 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-17 23:51 ` Bill Davidsen
2007-05-18 3:13 ` Satyam Sharma
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