| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Of course there is a caveat... > A 32-bit application cannot use DWCAS to manipulate a pointer along with > another contiguous variable... > struct dosent_work_on_64_bit_s { > void *a; > whatever b; > }; > IMO, the hardware architects' did NOT have lock-free algorithms in mind when > they decided to put DWCAS in their 32-bit instruction sets.
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