On 23/02/2013 23:35, David Holmes wrote:
Before we rush down this path. Atomic operations on 64-bit types are
not supported natively on all 32-bit platforms. Atomic updates on
those platforms will degenerate into locking - which is the barrier to
implementing frequently used counters in the first place.
I understand, and clearly more work/investigation is required, but I
think it's worth looking into, particularly if Nils and others are going
are adding further counters and instrumenting code dynamic to use them.
-Alan
