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Re: [PATCH][RFC] Remove volatile from data members in libstdc++


On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Paolo Carlini wrote:

> Hi Richard,
> 
> >Needs the typo fix below.  I wonder if this is an ABI change?
> >  
> >
> I'm afraid it is, because you are changing the struct _Refcount_Base, at least
> its size. Not to mention interoperability between one object using mutexes and
> another using atomic operations...

Indeed.  The volatiles can be removed on the mainline though.

> >Tested on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.
> >
> >Ok for mainline?
> >  
> >
> Please wait a few hours in case Hans has something to add, then commit to
> v7-branch.
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> Paolo.
> 
> P.S. When MT is involved, usually I regtest on a multi-way machine, like one
> among the 4-way ia64 and x86-64 machines of our internal network...

I did.  But rope testsuite coverage is not exactly interesting ;)

Richard.

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Richard Guenther <rguenther@suse.de>
Novell / SUSE Labs


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