On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 12:03:59 AM UTC+8, T L wrote: > > the sync/atomic docs, https://golang.org/pkg/sync/atomic/, says in the > end of the docs > > > On x86-32, the 64-bit functions use instructions unavailable before the >> Pentium MMX. >> > On non-Linux ARM, the 64-bit functions use instructions unavailable before >> the ARMv6k core. >> >> On both ARM and x86-32, it is the caller's responsibility to arrange for >> 64-bit alignment of 64-bit words accessed atomically. >> > Does the "ARM" here include ARMv8 (64-bit)?
> The first word in a global variable or in an allocated struct or slice can >> be relied upon to be 64-bit aligned. >> > > The last line says the first word in a global variable or in an allocated > struct or slice is 64-bit aligned for sure. > But what does an allocated struct or slice means? A struct or slice > allocated on heap, not stack? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
