Re: [boost] [atomic] ia32/cmpxchg8b fix

Subject: Re: [boost] [atomic] ia32/cmpxchg8b fix
From: Helge Bahmann (hcb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-09 14:36:54

On Friday 07 September 2012 15:05:05 Tim Blechmann wrote:
> one of my users reported an issue with atomic on gcc/ia32, related to
> const-correctness.
>
> ok to commit this fix?
[snip]
> --- boost/atomic/detail/gcc-x86.hpp     (revision 80433)
> +++ boost/atomic/detail/gcc-x86.hpp     (working copy)
> @@ -1556,11 +1556,11 @@
>
>  template<typename T>
>  T
> -platform_load64(volatile T * ptr)
> +platform_load64(const volatile T * ptr)
>  {
>      T expected = *ptr;

yes, looks both correct and necessary

regards
Helge