Understanding Memory Consistency and Instruction Reordering
Instruction Reordering and Sequential Consistency
Notation Conventions
For clarity in our analysis:
R(a) denotes a read operation on variable a
W(a) denotes a write operation on variable a
We use Op(a) to represent either R(a) or W(a)
Op(a) <p Op(b) indicates a appears before b in program order
Op(a) <m Op(b) indicates a completes befo ...
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