Subj : Re: [.NET] Volatile Fields [correction]
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Hopwood
Date : Mon Sep 19 2005 08:17 pm

Cool Guy wrote:
> Chris Thomasson <_no_spam_cristom@no_spam_comcast._net> wrote:
> 
>>>So it's impossible to make such code thread-safe, then?
>>
>>This should do it for x86:
>>
>>Processor 1:  Y = 1; L = 1;
>>Processor 2:  if (L == 1) { Z = 1; L = 2; }
>>Processor 3:  if (L == 2) { assert(Y == 1); }
> 
> So this is only when three processors are involved, right?

Right.

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

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