Subj : Re: Challenge: Multithreading & Synchronization To : comp.programming.threads From : Chris Thomasson Date : Thu May 19 2005 11:00 pm > There are no memory barriers on the fast-paths. > > David Holmes TLS can avoid all membars: http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.programming.threads/msg/c680192aa8106438?hl=en .