On Fri, 19 May 2023 06:28:47 +0000, Hao Lee wrote:
> On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 10:50:51AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, 17 May 2023 12:01:10 +0000, Hao Lee wrote:
>>> Hi, Paul
>>>
>>> I noticed that QuickQuiz 5.46 is causing confusion due to the fact that
>>> balance_count() and flush_local_count() are both located within the
>>> slowpath and are called sequentially. As a result, it is impossible for
>>> them to compete for the counterandmax thread-local variable.
>>
>> Right.
>> And that's exactly what is mentioned in the answer to the quiz.
>>
>> I guess it confused you because you didn't expect such an easy one,
>> no ? :-)
>
> In fact I'm confused about the question description.
> I believe that this quiz should focus on the concurrency of global
> variables, rather than on the concurrency of the atomic variable
> `counterandmax`, which is currently the main focus of the description.
Hmm, sorry but I'm afraid I don't get your point ...
Could you share the question you'd expect to see in place of
Quick Quiz 5.46?
Thanks, Akira
>
>>
>> Thanks, Akira
>>
>>> Therefore,
>>> I believe that this quiz may be referring to the global variables
>>> globalcount and globalreserve.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Hao Lee
