Re: [boost] Boostcon followup - Boost Lockfree review - On behalf of Mark Moir

Subject: Re: [boost] Boostcon followup - Boost Lockfree review - On behalf of Mark Moir
From: Tim Blechmann (tim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-18 21:31:59

>> I have been in touch with Mark Moir (he was one of the transactional
>> memory
>> speakers at boostcon), wrt the boost lockfree library.  As an expert in
>> the
>> field, he was kind enough to do a mini-review.  I am posting his comments
>> here and am hoping that these don't get lost in the usual fray of
>> activity, as he is one of the few bona-fide experts in the field that
>> will take the time to
>> actually review the submission.  His comments are below:
> 
> thanks! it is great that one of the `big names' with an in-depth
> understanding of the problems of lock-free programming took some time to
> look into the code.
> 
> i will try to incorporate his suggestions, although it may take a few
> weeks before i can have a closer look.

hm ... having a brief look at his review, i suppose, he reviewed the version 
of boost.lockfree before it was ported to boost.atomic.

some of his points (especially the use of aba prevention tags) are quite 
interesting, but some do not apply to the current implementation any more 
...

tim