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Re: memory barriers (was: Yes, WaitLatch is vulnerable to weak-memory-ordering bugs) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: memory barriers (was: Yes, WaitLatch is vulnerable to weak-memory-ordering bugs)
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In response to Re: memory barriers (was: Yes, WaitLatch is vulnerable to weak-memory-ordering bugs)  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of jue sep 22 12:18:47 -0300 2011:

> I've also added a lengthy README file to the patch that attempts to
> explain how barriers should be used in PostgreSQL coding.

Very enlightening, thanks.  Note a typo "laods".

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