Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:34:43 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely5.cicely.de> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: mb and wmb in atomic_ Message-ID: <20001215193443.B62048@cicely5.cicely.de>
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Why are the mb and wmb operations needed in the atomic_ functions? If I understood it correctly the locked operations are in synced with others CPUs and there is no memory operation beside the variable itself. -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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