From 6801f688a4f32a946b9422697e2cd07e0b3a70ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Pelissier Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 07:27:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify atomic thin layer limitation (see #79) --- README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e29a75ea..c4818a9b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6511,8 +6511,11 @@ into the global namespace (this is needed because the C++ standard doesn't support officially the stdatomic header, resulting in broken compilation when building C code with a C++ compiler). + Otherwise it provides a non-thin emulation of atomic -using mutex. +using mutex. This emulation has a known theorical limitation: +the mutex are never cleared. There is nothing to do +to fix this. In practise, it is not a problem. ### M-ALGO