From: Paul Fulghum Make some fields of DMA descriptor volatile to prevent compiler optimizations. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/synclink.c | 10 +++++----- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/synclink.c~synclinkc-compiler-optimisation-fix drivers/char/synclink.c --- 25/drivers/char/synclink.c~synclinkc-compiler-optimisation-fix Wed Sep 7 15:52:02 2005 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/char/synclink.c Wed Sep 7 15:52:02 2005 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* * linux/drivers/char/synclink.c * - * $Id: synclink.c,v 4.28 2004/08/11 19:30:01 paulkf Exp $ + * $Id: synclink.c,v 4.37 2005/09/07 13:13:19 paulkf Exp $ * * Device driver for Microgate SyncLink ISA and PCI * high speed multiprotocol serial adapters. @@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ static MGSL_PARAMS default_params = { typedef struct _DMABUFFERENTRY { u32 phys_addr; /* 32-bit flat physical address of data buffer */ - u16 count; /* buffer size/data count */ - u16 status; /* Control/status field */ - u16 rcc; /* character count field */ + volatile u16 count; /* buffer size/data count */ + volatile u16 status; /* Control/status field */ + volatile u16 rcc; /* character count field */ u16 reserved; /* padding required by 16C32 */ u32 link; /* 32-bit flat link to next buffer entry */ char *virt_addr; /* virtual address of data buffer */ @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ module_param_array(txdmabufs, int, NULL, module_param_array(txholdbufs, int, NULL, 0); static char *driver_name = "SyncLink serial driver"; -static char *driver_version = "$Revision: 4.28 $"; +static char *driver_version = "$Revision: 4.37 $"; static int synclink_init_one (struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *ent); _