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		jamesaguilar on June 27, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Speculative Lock Elision in Varnish Cache To be fair, contended atomics aren't free either, especially if you're on the wrong NUMA node. Sharing is rarely free, so try not to share.

shin_lao on June 27, 2013 [–]

Exactly. Sharing is free for reading only... The minute you write, the laws of physics are there to annoy you.

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