Subj : Re: Memory Barriers, Compiler Optimizations, etc.
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Fri Feb 04 2005 10:22 am


Gianni Mariani wrote:
[...]
> I came across another list of names for barriers.
> 
> LoadLoad
> LoadStore
> StoreLoad
> StoreStore
> ref: http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/jmm/cookbook.html

That cookbook isn't entirely accurate to begin with. SPARC barriers 
are bidirectional fences. The thing is that you rarely need more than 
unidirectional constraint(s) associated with this or that operation. 

regards,
alexander.

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