Subj : Re: [.NET] Volatile Fields [correction]
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Cool Guy
Date : Mon Sep 19 2005 06:55 pm

David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> The write to Y is not performed as a single atomic event; it has to be modelled
> as two events: "Y = 1 is performed with respect to processor 2" and "Y = 1 is
> performed with respect to processor 3". So it can happen that processor 2 sees
> Y == 1 before writing Z = 1, but processor 3 does not see Y == 1 until after
> it sees Z == 1.

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So it's impossible to make such code thread-safe, then?

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