Re: [avr-gcc-list] Q: volatile member of structure?

[Dmitry K.]

On Monday 11 April 2005 11:37, stevech wrote:
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> x = t.m;
>
> while (x == (volatile unsigned char) t.m)
>
>    ;
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> But the resultant assembly code shows that t.m is not re-fetched from
> memory in the while loop. The while loop just compares two registers in a
> two instruction loop.  This is with the default optimization setting. If I
> turn off optimization, t.m is indeed repeatedly fetched from memory.
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>
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> So, shouldn't the cast force the compiler to treat t.m as a volatile? Did I
> code the cast correctly?
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> A cure, I suppose, is to declare the typedef'd structure or its instance as
> volatile?

Cast operation is not change declaration. It is only a conversion
function. So, '(volatile)t.m' is dummy.

To force a fetch from memory, you must write:

   while (x == *(volatile unsigned char *) & t.m)

Regards.