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Re:Why does unsafe multithreaded std:unordered_map crash mor... by aidenn0 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @12:56AM (#38201670)
An atomic reference count seems sufficient, but I could be wrong.
Re:Why does unsafe multithreaded std:unordered_map crash mor... by gpderetta on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:00AM (#38203917)
It is actually quite tricky to lock-free swap a concurrently-accessed reference counted pointer. The reference count is not associated with the pointer, but with the pointee, so a 2CAS is not enough.

Typically you need hazard pointers or similar deferred reclamation tricks.