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Re:Lock-Free Rust: How to Build a Rollercoaster While It's o... by jonco217 on Friday May 16, 2025 @06:44AM (#44003773)
> NOTE: In this snippet we ignore the ABA problem

The article doesn't go into details but this is subtle way to mess up writing lock free data structures:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABA_problem

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Re:Lock-Free Rust: How to Build a Rollercoaster While It's o... by r3tr0 on Friday May 16, 2025 @09:55AM (#44005574)
i will do another one on just the ABA problem and how many different ways it can put your program in the hospital.
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