Subj : Re: stupid threading question ....
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Sun Aug 14 2005 09:44 pm


"Paul Pluzhnikov" <ppluzhnikov-nsp@charter.net> wrote in message 
news:m3ek8wm021.fsf@somewhere.in.california.localhost...

> The only concern is *updating* the same memory location from
> multiple threads (and that in general requires a mutex).

    Or updating a memory location while another thread is or might be 
reading it.

    Also updating two memory locations in one thread where another thread 
might get the early version of one location and the later version of the 
other (think about traversing a linked list while another thread deletes an 
element from it).

    DS

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