From: Branko Èibej (branko.cibej_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-09 04:06:35
John Maddock wrote:
>
> Brane,
>
> >No, you need an atomic operation to do "lock.data = 0", so you've
> >again got a function call (or inline assembly -- completely off the
> >rails of defined behaviour).
>
> At least on intel, all aligned writes are atomic, there is no need for
> assember in this case.
What about SMP? Think cache synchronization ...
Brane
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