Subj : Re: Memory visibility with Pthreads
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Thu Aug 11 2005 03:08 am


"Alexander Terekhov" <terekhov@web.de> wrote in message 
news:42FB1049.6D4C3A6C@web.de...

> it also triggers undefined behavior (in absence of synchronization
> regarding access to A's "memory location(s)" that ensures "that no
> thread of control can read or modify a memory location while another
> thread of control may be modifying it").

    That is correct, and this bites pretty much every attempt at avoiding 
locks and remaining fully POSIX compatible.

    DS

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