Re: Is gcc thread-unsafe?

[Chris Friesen]

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
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