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Re: volatile/atomic issues in the new BDB cache

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2006-01-28 15:42:52 CET

Philip Martin wrote:
> Branko Čibej <brane@xbc.nu> writes:
>
>
>> Philip Martin wrote:
>>
>>> First issue: the new "spinlock" appears to use CAS more than
>>> necessary, I think it can be simplified to this:
>>>
>>>
>> Don't we all wish. Saith apr_atomic.h:
>>
>>> * @warning do not mix apr_atomic's with the CAS function.
>>> * on some platforms they may be implemented by different mechanisms
>>>
>
> I think we should add a similar warning to the svn__atomic macros.
>
I agree; I'll do this and the volatile thing while I'm fixing the
memory-free bug you found with valgrind.

-- Brane

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