Re: multithreaded cache?
On 5/19/2012 1:15 AM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
On 5/18/12 3:31 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
On 5/18/2012 5:45 PM, Robert Klemme wrote:
[...]
You didn't show it here, did you? I can's seem to find it in the thread.
Note that CHM does also do synchronization. I am not sure from your
statement what exact locking scheme you apply. There does seem to be one
difference though: I my version the second lock goes away after the
value has been computed so there is only the sync of CHM left.
It seems to me that if N threads query the same key at about
the same time, they may all miss the map and go off to perform
the slow computation.
Nope, they will all create a "Reference" object that *can* perform the
calculation, however because the method uses "putIfAbsent", only the
first calculating "Reference" object is actually ever used.
[...]
Re-reading, I think you're right. "Never mind," as Emily
Litella used to say.
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