On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Heikki Linnakangas < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Umm, what non-atomic state could the bit be in? Half-set, half-cleared? Or > do you think that if some other bit in proximity is changed, the other bit > would temporarily flip 0->1->0, or something like that? I don't think that > should happen. > > Since the lock is not held, the bit can be flipped while we are reading, isn't it ? IOW, the test is not reliable is what I fear. Thanks, Pavan -- Pavan Deolasee EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
