# Single-Bit Volatile Read This reads the bit out of `src` directly, using a volatile I/O intrinsic to prevent compiler reördering or removal. You should not use `bitvec` to perform any volatile I/O operations. You should instead do volatile I/O work on integer values directly, or use a crate like [`voladdress`][0] to perform I/O transactions, and use `bitvec` only on stack locals that have no additional memory semantics. ## Original [`ptr::read_volatile`](core::ptr::read_volatile) ## Safety Because this performs a dereference of memory, it inherits the original `ptr::read_volatile`’s requirements: - `src` must be valid to read. - `src` must be properly aligned. This is an invariant of the `BitPtr` type as well as of the memory access. - `src` must point to an initialized value of `T`. Remember that volatile accesses are ordinary loads that the compiler cannot remove or reörder! They are *not* an atomic synchronizer. ## Examples ```rust use bitvec::prelude::*; use bitvec::ptr as bv_ptr; let data = 128u8; let ptr = BitPtr::<_, _, Msb0>::from_ref(&data); assert!(unsafe { bv_ptr::read_volatile(ptr) }); ``` [0]: https://docs.rs/voladdress/latest/voladdress