Locked memory accesses, I believe. If something locks, the atomic CPU keeps executing instructions until it unlocks. Otherwise it might let another atomic CPU slip in and break the atomicity.

Gabe

Quoting Nilay Vaish <[email protected]>:

Hi,

Can anyone tell me the purpose of the variable locked, a field in AtomicSimpleCPU?

Thanks
Nilay
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