On 16/09/2011 03:03 AM, Darren New wrote:

> It appears at first google that you are correct.

I usually am. And yet people still seem surprised...

> You will always fetch the
> most recent pointer I have stored, but executing "store data ; store
> pointer" might store the pointer before the data without a fence.

It took me a few minutes contemplation to figure out why cache coherence 
doesn't solve that problem.





[OK, I can't keep a straight face any more. Of *course* I'm not always 
right! LOLZ. Sometimes I feel like I'm right a lot more often than I get 
credit for though...]

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