On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Paul Davis wrote:
>>my conclusion is that the level of atomicity provided by
>>linux asm-arch/atomic.h is not needed to implement
>>single-reader-single-writer lock-free buffers.
> this is true unless the pointer/index isn't atomic. since on SMP sparc
> systems, the arrangem
>Actually I've spent some time studying this issue and
>my conclusion is that the level of atomicity provided by
>linux asm-arch/atomic.h is not needed to implement
>single-reader-single-writer lock-free buffers.
this is true unless the pointer/index isn't atomic. since on SMP sparc
systems, th
Btw; I'll cc'd this to lad, as this is a topic that
has been discussed there _many_ times. More
specifically the SMP-sparc case has been mentioned
quite a few times but without specific details.
For lad-only readers, see the jackit-devel archives
for the whole thread.
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