Re: [PATCH] x86: Make variable_test_bit reference all of *addr

[Andi Kleen]

On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 08:12:48PM -0700, hpanvin@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I mean the volatile in "asm volatile".

That volatile has nothing to do with memory. It just means "don't move
much". It's actually quite vague, because the rest of the function
can still move around.

-Andi
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