Subj : Re: lockless low-overhead 'pipes' (w/semaphores)
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Fri Apr 22 2005 04:11 pm


lindahlb@hotmail.com wrote:
[...]
> 1) Assume the x86 model (up to i686) as its my *main* target
> platform.

Apart from the SSE string stuff, on IA32 (compiler reordering aside 
for a moment), loads have acquire semantics, stores have release 
semantics, and interlocked stuff is fully-fenced (compound acquire +
release semantics). 

regards,
alexander.

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