Subj : Re: posix and lock-free algorithms
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Fri Aug 12 2005 12:17 pm


David Schwartz wrote:
[...]
>     It just says synchronize memory. 

Exactly. Simply put, some functions do acquire, some do release, and 
just a few do both. They all "synchronize memory."

regards,
alexander.

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