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From John Gorman
Subject Status of 64 bit atomics
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Msg-id CALkS6B8N6uf7PNPjv6bKTaPhh4qVoRg46bSNr0Hhy2BGnBwYNQ@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: Status of 64 bit atomics  (Arthur Silva <arthurprs@gmail.com>)
Re: Status of 64 bit atomics  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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Hi All

Someone recently told me that the postgresql atomics library was incomplete
for 64 bit operations such as pg_atomic_fetch_add_u64() and should not be used.

Can someone definitively confirm whether it is okay to rely on the 64 bit atomics
or whether it is better to protect 64 bit operations with a spinlock?

Thanks!
John

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