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What if some atomic operations aren't available?<BR>
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If none are available, then they can all fallback to one giant lock.<BR>
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But what if some are and some aren't?<BR>
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A lock per type?<BR>
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That fails with like<BR>
union {<BR> short s[2];<BR>
int i;<BR>
} u;<BR>
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and platform has atomic int but not atomic short.<BR>
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- Jay<BR><BR> </body>
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