[jmm-dev] Make load/store of 64-bit long and double atomic

[Andrew Haley]

On 12/07/16 13:22, Paul Sandoz wrote:
> It does state it here:
> 
> * Read/write access modes (if supported), with the exception of
> * {@code get} and {@code set}, provide atomic access for
> * reference types and all primitive types.
> 
> Before the “unless stated otherwise…” quoted above.
> 
> As part of the sweep through the specification we should make that clearer.

It's very hard to understand what is going on.  compareAndExchange()
has stronger ordering semantics than compareAndExchangeRelease() but
set() has weaker ordering semantics than setRelease().  We're making a
real mess that nobody is going to thank us for.

Andrew.