Read-copy-update (RCU)

Read-copy-update is strong in multithreading environments where a data structure is read almost exclusively…
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atomic<shared_ptr<>> by Oliver Schädlich

This blog article is an experiment. A few days ago, I received the following email (translated from…
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My ALS Journey (23/n): Cippi

Let me introduce Cippi. I hope you like her. You probably already know her from my C++ books. >>…
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Hazard Pointers in C++26

Hazard pointers provide garbage collection in C++ and solve the ABA problem. First of all. What…
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My ALS Journey (22/n): Call for Collaboration

Today, I have a special call for collaboration. >> My ALS Journey so far << My Challenge …
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A Lock-Free Stack: A Hazard Pointer Implementation Explained II

In my last post, I started to explain a hazard pointer implementation: A Lock-Free Stack: A Hazard Pointer…
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A Lock-Free Stack: A Hazard Pointer Implementation Explained I

In my last post, I presented a hazard pointer implementation: A Lock-Free Stack: A Hazard Pointer Implementation.…
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My ALS Journey (21/n): ALS Fundraiser by Jen and Jason

Today, I want to present you something special. >> My ALS Journey so far << ALS Fundraiser…
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A Lock-Free Stack: A Hazard Pointer Implementation

Hazard Pointers solve all issues of the previous implementation: A Lock-Free Stack: A Simple Garbage…
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A Lock-Free Stack: A Simple Garbage Collector

My next lock-free stack includes a simple garbage collector. I discussed the concurrent execution…
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A Lock-Free Stack: Atomic Smart Pointer

The easiest way to solve this memory leak issue from the last post is to use a std::shared_ptr. Atomic…
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A Lock-Free Stack: A Complete Implementation

My last lock-free stack implementation was incomplete. It only supported push operations. Let's change…
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