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Article #11514Re: Atomic operations (Was Re: Living With Old Baggage)
From: James Thomas
Date: Sun, 12 May 1991 18:03
Date: Sun, 12 May 1991 18:03
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In article <1991May6.113149.14531@decvax.dec.com> kenton@abyss.zk3.dec.com (Jeff Kenton OSG/UEG) writes: jk> Once you've created a lock (with xmem) you can do almost anything jk> within the locked region of code without disabling interrupts. Once I've created a lock with Dekker's algorithm, I can do anything :-) Jim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!ariel.unm.edu!nmsu!opus!jthomas From: jthomas@nmsu.edu (James Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Atomic operations (Was Re: Living With Old Baggage) Message-ID: <1266@opus.NMSU.Edu> Date: 12 May 91 18:03:47 GMT References: <336@scorpio.gtephx.UUCP> <12741@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <14628@encore.Encore.COM> <1991Apr22.175410.9840@decvax.dec.com> <1991May2.201917.15062@dg-rtp.dg.com> <1991May6.113149.14531@decvax.dec.com> Sender: news@NMSU.Edu Organization: NMSU Computer Science Lines: 8 In-reply-to: kenton@abyss.zk3.dec.com's message of 6 May 91 11:31:49 GMT