[PATCH] spinlock: remove volatile qualifier

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue May 5 15:24:32 CEST 2026


On Tue, 05 May 2026 09:01:43 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:

> > PS: I wonder if we really need to keep the transactional memory versions of stuff.  
> 
> I don't know, it's part of the API and has no maintenance cost.


It is not tested, only worked on x86 and most of the CPU's and tooling
dropped support for transactional memory years ago. It was a failed idea.


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