Subj : Re: Memory Barriers, Compiler Optimizations, etc.
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Joseph Seigh
Date : Mon Feb 07 2005 08:00 am

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:13:10 +0100, Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> wrote:

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> "Neill Clift [MSFT]" wrote:
> [...]

>> I believe we do have a full barrier
>
> I believe that barrier makes little sense in the case of
> comparison failure.
>
What are you saying?  That failed compare and swaps shouldn't
have memory barrier semantics?

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Joe Seigh

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