[PATCH] synclink.c: compiler optimisation fix

Make some fields of DMA descriptor volatile to prevent compiler optimizations.

Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink.c b/drivers/char/synclink.c
index 37c8bea8e2b003a048e18b452ef1cc26f8b16fb6..747eb8d18166d3b283248ea2a7410f4052cd2ff1 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/char/synclink.c
+++ b/drivers/char/synclink.c
@@ -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, 0);
 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);