Subj : Re: Memory visibility and MS Interlocked instructions
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 11:59 am


Joe Seigh wrote:
[...]
> So what's the point other than a control dependent barrier is slower
> then a plain load/load and is no more functional?

It's no slower. The speed and effects of the dumbest implementation of 
op(msync::cchlb{_path}) is the same as op(msync::acq). It can be done
better.

regards,
alexander.

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