--- libeio/eio.c	2011/07/26 11:07:08	1.99
+++ libeio/eio.c	2011/08/03 15:25:38	1.101
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@
   #undef PAGESIZE
   #define PAGESIZE 4096 /* GetSystemInfo? */
 
+  /* TODO: look at how perl does stat (non-sloppy), unlink (ro-files), utime, link */
+
   #ifdef EIO_STRUCT_STATI64
+    /* look at perl's non-sloppy stat */
     #define stat(path,buf)       _stati64 (path,buf)
     #define fstat(fd,buf)        _fstati64 (fd,buf)
   #endif
@@ -323,11 +326,11 @@
 static unsigned int max_poll_time;     /* reslock */
 static unsigned int max_poll_reqs;     /* reslock */
 
-static volatile unsigned int nreqs;    /* reqlock */
-static volatile unsigned int nready;   /* reqlock */
-static volatile unsigned int npending; /* reqlock */
-static volatile unsigned int max_idle = 4;      /* maximum number of threads that can idle indefinitely */
-static volatile unsigned int idle_timeout = 10; /* number of seconds after which an idle threads exit */
+static unsigned int nreqs;    /* reqlock */
+static unsigned int nready;   /* reqlock */
+static unsigned int npending; /* reqlock */
+static unsigned int max_idle = 4;      /* maximum number of threads that can idle indefinitely */
+static unsigned int idle_timeout = 10; /* number of seconds after which an idle threads exit */
 
 static xmutex_t wrklock;
 static xmutex_t reslock;