Re: [PATCH 06/16] SPARC: use ACCESS_ONCE for rlimits

[David Miller]

From: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:51:52 +0100

> Make sure compiler won't do weird things with limits. E.g. fetching
> them twice may return 2 different values after writable limits are
> implemented.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

But I wonder have we really seen the compiler create this
kind of situation?  Or is this patch series based upon the
fact that it "could happen"?
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