Re: [boost] [atomic, x86] need another pair of eyes

Subject: Re: [boost] [atomic, x86] need another pair of eyes
From: Tim Blechmann (tim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-19 14:20:21

>>>>> the stress test for the spsp_queue (spsc_queue_test_caching) ... one
>>>>> thread enqueueing a large number of elements, one thread dequeueing 
>>>>> ...
>>> Yes but how? Which BOOST_REQUIRE fails, and what does it say?
>>
>> some elements are lost ... the receiver reads less elements than the
>> sender enqueues:
>> BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(received_nodes, nodes_per_thread);
> 
> I think that this is a possible and legitimate outcome of your test. Nothing 
> guarantees that the receiver will see the last batch of elements before 
> seeing running = false. You have to set running = false from the writer 
> thread for that to be guaranteed. 

good point! will adapt the testsuite and hope this will resolve the
issue ...

thanks a lot!