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acquire-release
- Sep 20, 2026 Acquire and Release as One-Way Ordering Constraints How a release store and an acquire load each constrain ordering in only one direction, and why the pair is enough to publish data without a full fence. computer architecture
- Nov 20, 2025 Release, Acquire, and the Synchronizes-With Edge What an acquire load is forbidden to move above, what a release store is forbidden to move below, and why the edge is directional rather than a barrier. memory systems
- Oct 21, 2025 Acquire and Release Ordering: What a Lock Actually Guarantees About Memory How store buffers and compiler reordering let a consumer observe a published value before the data it points to, and how release and acquire operations restore the ordering without a full fence. operating systems
- May 27, 2025 Dependencies, RCsc, and RCpc Acquire on ARMv8 How address and data dependencies order accesses without a barrier, and why ARMv8.3 added a second, cheaper form of acquire load alongside the original one. memory systems