On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 08:59:02 -0500, Walt Farrell wrote:

>Again, I'm not an expert, but this is my interpretation: When you 
>do something that serializes, the CPU ensures that all fetches and 
>stores that have conceptually _completed_ by other CPUs are 
>actually complete before you proceed.

Does it? I read it differently. The way I read it is that all fetches and 
stores (and some other things) that have conceptually completed by 
_this_ CPU are actually complete before you proceed.

-- 
Tom Marchant

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