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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
