Re: Is gcc thread-unsafe?

Chris Friesen
2007-10-26T17:55:51Z

Andrew Haley wrote:

> We're listening, really. It's unacceptable that gcc should break
> code.

In that case a conversion of a conditional branch to an unconditional
write to a visible variable is not an acceptable behaviour. Aside from
the kernel issues, it would break any number of threaded userspace apps.

As was mentioned elsewhere, it's akin to sprinkling

int j = i; i = j;

throughout the code. If "i" is accessed by multiple threads, this is
not allowed unless a lock is held.

Chris