[fpc-devel] volatile variables
Henry Vermaak
henry.vermaak at gmail.com
Tue Jun 28 16:00:59 CEST 2011
On 28/06/11 14:23, Andrew Brunner wrote:
>
> There is no problem no need for volatile variables. Compare and Swap
> or Interlocked mechanisms will solve any problems.
Nope. You still need to prevent the cpu from reordering instructions
with memory barriers. I'm starting to sound like a broken record. If
you don't understand this, use the threading primitives provided by your
operating system like everyone else.
Henry
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