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@@ -694,6 +694,24 @@ Please note once again that the stores to 'b' differ. If they were
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identical, as noted earlier, the compiler could pull this store outside
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identical, as noted earlier, the compiler could pull this store outside
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of the 'if' statement.
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of the 'if' statement.
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+You must also be careful not to rely too much on boolean short-circuit
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+evaluation. Consider this example:
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+ q = ACCESS_ONCE(a);
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+ if (a || 1 > 0)
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+ ACCESS_ONCE(b) = 1;
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+
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+Because the second condition is always true, the compiler can transform
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+this example as following, defeating control dependency:
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+
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+ q = ACCESS_ONCE(a);
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+ ACCESS_ONCE(b) = 1;
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+
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+This example underscores the need to ensure that the compiler cannot
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+out-guess your code. More generally, although ACCESS_ONCE() does force
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+the compiler to actually emit code for a given load, it does not force
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+the compiler to use the results.
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Finally, control dependencies do -not- provide transitivity. This is
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Finally, control dependencies do -not- provide transitivity. This is
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demonstrated by two related examples, with the initial values of
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demonstrated by two related examples, with the initial values of
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x and y both being zero:
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x and y both being zero:
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