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by luisabreu via LA.NET [EN] on 7/2/2009 11:58:04 AM
As we’ve seen in the previous post, most processors give us important insurances regarding memory loads and stores. However, even though those insurances are important and can be used in several scenarios, the truth is that they aren’t enough for all real world tasks. Fortunately, most processors also offer a group of interlocked operations which enable atomic compare and swap scenarios. These operations rely on hardware and interprocess synchronization. Notice that these operations aren’t as s
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