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Re: forcing the compiler to reload from memory with c++0x

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From Anthony Williams <anthony.ajw@gmail.com>
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Subject Re: forcing the compiler to reload from memory with c++0x
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Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> writes:

> On Jan 30, 2:14 pm, David Jobet <david.jo...@free.fr> wrote:
>> If it applies, then it means that an atomic load relaxed implies :
>> - no ordering guarantee (that one everybody agrees)
>
> Actually, I don't think that I agree.
>
> I admit I'm not the best on this, but it's my understanding that each
> atomic variable has a modification order, and no reads can read values
> in an order which is inconsistent with this modification order. Is
> this right? Ex:
>
>   //all loads and stores are std::memory_order_relaxed
>   //start up the two threads simultaneously
>
>   //initial condition
>   x = 0;
>
>   //thread 1
>   x = 1;
>   x = 2;
>   x = 3;
>   x = 4;
>
>   //thread 2
>   cout << x << endl;
>   cout << x << endl;
>   cout << x << endl;
>   cout << x << endl;
>
> It's my understanding that the program may not print the following. Is
> that correct?
>   1
>   3
>   2
>   4

Yes, that is correct.

Anthony
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Re: forcing the compiler to reload from memory with c++0x David Jobet <david.jobet@free.fr> - 2011-01-30 17:14 -0500
  Re: forcing the compiler to reload from memory with c++0x Anthony Williams <anthony.ajw@gmail.com> - 2011-02-01 23:33 +0000
  Re: forcing the compiler to reload from memory with c++0x Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-02-01 15:12 -0800
  Re: forcing the compiler to reload from memory with c++0x Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@gmail.com> - 2011-01-31 01:07 -0800

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