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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] add volatile to pte entry of the p2m table

To: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] add volatile to pte entry of the p2m table
From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:06:52 -0600
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On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 18:16 +0900, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> add volatile to pte entry of the p2m table.
> p2m table are shared by cpu. added volatile as compiler barrier.

   Are all of these really needed?  Seems a little overkill to me.
Thanks,

        Alex

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