Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:57:14 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dynamic reads without locking. Message-ID: <3F86665A.8050209@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <3F8527E1.26ED0CF6@mindspring.com> References: <20031008083059.GA520@garage.freebsd.pl> <20031008114506.I63940@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> <3F8527E1.26ED0CF6@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > For certain uses, however, it's safe to not lock before the > read *on Intel architectures*. This can go out the window on > SPARC or PPC, or any architecture where there is no guarantee > that there won't be speculative execution or out-of-order > execution without explicit synchronization. Even on Intel architectures, the compiler can and will reorder operations. Hardware-level issues are only a part of the story. I followed the Java Memory Model mailing lists for a while. A lot of very bright, very experienced people thought they had found ways to avoid locking and were wrong. This stuff is hard. Do NOT underestimate it. Timhome | help
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