Re: [Boost-users] [atomic] ThreadSanitizer reports a data race when using the code from "reference counting" example

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [atomic] ThreadSanitizer reports a data race when using the code from "reference counting" example
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-07-01 06:25:23

On 1 Jul 2014 at 9:12, Adam Romanek wrote:

> > I'd try replacing boost::atomic with std::atomic and see if the same
> > thing happens. Oh, and use a recent libstdc++. If it's only happening
> > in Boost, report it as a bug.
> 
> The same happens with std::atomic from both libstdc++ [1] and libc++ [2] 
> (I should be using pretty recent versions of these as I'm on Ubuntu 
> 14.04). So this is not a Boost-only issue.

In this situation I'd report it to the clang thread sanitiser bug 
tracker. The chances are low that both Boost and a recent STL are 
simultaneously wrong.

Niall

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