[LAD] a *simple* ring buffer, comments pls?

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 09:21:55AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:

> the one wrinkle in this is that in theory a compiler could so
> completely reorder instructions that even the basic assumptions that
> make the single reader/single-writer ringbuffer safe would break down.

AFAIK nothing fatal can happen if the variables involved are
declared volatile. A compiler is not allowed to omit, repeat,
or re-order instructions involving them.

Ciao,

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FA