RFR(M): 8029101: PPC64 (part 211): ordering of Independent Reads of Independent Writes

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On 11/27/2013 03:52 PM, David Holmes wrote:
> On 26/11/2013 10:51 PM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>> -- Volatile in constuctor
>>> AFAIK we have not seen those tests fail due to a
>>> missing constructor barrier.
>> We see them on PPC64. Our test machines have typically 8-32 processors
>> and are Power 5-7.  But see also Aleksey's mail.  (Thanks Aleksey!)
> 
> And see follow ups - the tests are invalid.

I wish to believe that, because that will make our lives easier, but...
nope:
http://cs.oswego.edu/pipermail/concurrency-interest/2013-November/011951.html

-Aleksey.