Re: [boost] Boost.Atomic, pushing forward and a little request for help

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Atomic, pushing forward and a little request for help
From: Gottlob Frege (gottlobfrege_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-06 15:31:54

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Phil Endecott
<spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Gottlob Frege wrote:
>>
>>
>> Maybe we should look at using Relacy (google for it) for tests.
>
> http://www.1024cores.net/home/relacy-race-detector
>
> Interesting.  Have you used it?  Is it really useful for testing the atomic
> implementation, rather than testing application code that is built on top of
> it?
>
> I once tried to use Helgrind, which is a Valgrind race-detection tool.  I
> didn't get very far.
>
>

I haven't actually used it, but I've heard good things about it.  You
might be write about implementation vs application.  But I think it is
at least worth a look.

Tony