> Might be outdated by now, but I vaguely remember that I was told in May
> that there is another corner case worth mentioning: In case the atomic block
> works on a single integer for instance, then it is compiled down to
> something like compare-and-swap, sidestepping the global lock, no?
>
>
That only works if the variable is only accessed in such tiny atomic blocks.
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