Subj : Re: [x86] Reads/Writes
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Cool Guy
Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 09:33 pm

David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>:
>> I've read (no pun intended) that all writes on x86 are effectively 
>> volatile
>> writes. So does that mean that on x86 only 'read' barriers are necessary?
> 
>     At what level are you talking? Are you assuming that a person is writing 
> assembly language code? Or are you talking about to a C programmer?

At the level of a C programmer I guess.

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