Shared-Memory Synchronization

af Michael L. Scott

This book offers a comprehensive survey of shared-memory synchronization, with an emphasis on ¿systems-level¿ issues. It includes sufficient coverage of architectural details to understand correctness and performance on modern multicore machines, and sufficient coverage of higher-level issues to understand how synchronization is embedded in modern programming languages. The primary intended audience for this book is ¿systems programmers¿¿the authors of operating systems, library packages, langua... (Læs mere)