Subj : Re: RCU+SMR   Not!
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : John Hickin
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 09:27 am


"Joe Seigh" <jseigh_01@xemaps.com> wrote in message
news:ndGdnbf2cusf4YLeRVn-gg@comcast.com...
> I just found out that there's a patent application in on SMR hazard
> pointers so they're not really free to use.  At least as far as
> using it for FOSS.  So RCU+SMR is not anymore.
>

I guess the patent application's merit is strongly dependent on when the
application was delivered to the patent office for consideration and when
the topic first appeared in any public forum.

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