include/asm-ppc/atomic.h: fluff in inline assembly code?

Andreas Schwab schwab at suse.de
Thu Jun 30 02:14:52 EST 2005


Frank van Maarseveen <frankvm at frankvm.com> writes:

> What is the point of all those v->counter arguments?

It tells the compiler that v->counter is changed by the asm.

Andreas.

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