Re: One more question on alignment

2011-08-06 Thread subin gangadharan
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Daniel Baluta wrote: > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 10:17 PM, subin gangadharan > wrote: > > Hi, > > This is a text excerpt from the article [1]. > > Below paragraph I didn't understand quite well.Mainly in bold > letters.Could > > anybody please explain how this will l

Re: One more question on alignment

2011-08-06 Thread Daniel Baluta
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 10:17 PM, subin gangadharan wrote: > Hi, > This is a text excerpt from the article [1]. > Below paragraph I didn't understand quite well.Mainly in bold letters.Could > anybody please explain how this will lead to an infinite loop. It seems self-explanatory. Most atomic ops

One more question on alignment

2011-08-06 Thread subin gangadharan
Hi, This is a text excerpt from the article [1]. Below paragraph I didn't understand quite well.Mainly in bold letters.Could anybody please explain how this will lead to an infinite loop. Atomicity All modern processors offer atomic instructions. These special instructions are crucial for synch