[boost] REQ: Looking for access to a Haswell machine to test Boost memory transactions code

Subject: [boost] REQ: Looking for access to a Haswell machine to test Boost memory transactions code
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-30 16:27:52

Dear Boost Devs,

Last night I may have implemented some Boost macro based support for 
simple memory transactions. Basically one does this:

STLLockable lockable;
...
BOOST_BEGIN_MEMORY_TRANSACTION(lockable)
{
   // Transaction code
}
BOOST_END_MEMORY_TRANSACTION(lockable)

This can turn into __transaction_relaxed, or Intel TSX falling back 
onto a spin lock. It's very simple, but it ought to work and with 
very significant performance improvements on TSX capable hardware.

The problem is that I don't have access to an Intel Haswell CPU to 
test the code upon. I think its design is correct through 
introspection, but if a kind Boost dev could lend me access to their 
Haswell machine via SSH - or even just offer to debug some binaries 
for me, I would be very grateful.

Thanks,
Niall

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