Re: [boost] Re: detail::atomic_counter

From: Ross Smith (r-smith_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-01 17:59:28

Peter Dimov wrote:
> 
> From: "Ross Smith" <r-smith_at_[hidden]>
> > Peter Dimov wrote:
> > >
> > > under Linux it's
> > > atomic_t (implementation defined, opaque, >= 24 bits.)
> >
> > Where is this documented?
> 
> Well this is what Google told me. I don't know what is the official word.

I also found some references to a 24-bit guarantee, but the Kernel
Hacking HOWTO says 32 bits, and I can't find any reference to it at all
in any official documentation.

Does anybody out there know any more?

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