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Re: how to cast away 'volatile'?

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
To: "Noel Yap" <noel dot yap at gmail dot com>
Cc: "Andrew Haley" <aph at redhat dot com>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 13 Mar 2007 09:33:04 -0700
Subject: Re: how to cast away 'volatile'?
References: <et47ie$c4m$1@sea.gmane.org> <17910.29117.938526.285262@zebedee.pink> <m3veh5go9j.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <17910.49874.908961.521088@zebedee.pink> <m3ird5gn26.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <45F6CAB2.1050008@starnetworks.us> <m31wjtgmc1.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <17910.52394.276700.319625@zebedee.pink> <70d0a1130703130913y490dff72x2434dde69203cfb9@mail.gmail.com>

"Noel Yap" <noel.yap@gmail.com> writes:

> IIRC, volatile is used when the memory is outside of the program's
> control (eg written to by external hardware).

Yes--which can not happen in GNU/Linux userspace.

Ian

References:
- how to cast away 'volatile'?
  - From: Matthew Woehlke
- Re: how to cast away 'volatile'?
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: how to cast away 'volatile'?
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: how to cast away 'volatile'?
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: how to cast away 'volatile'?
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: how to cast away 'volatile'?
  - From: Kevin P. Fleming
- Re: how to cast away 'volatile'?
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: how to cast away 'volatile'?
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: how to cast away 'volatile'?
  - From: Noel Yap

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