ABA problem

multithreading computing anomaly when a thread reads a location twice with the same value, so that it looks like nothing has happened, but in fact another thread had changed the value and restored it
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ABA problem

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Key Facts

  • ABA problem's subclass of is recorded as software bug[1].
  • ABA problem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03w9mrf[2].
  • ABA problem's facet of is recorded as operating system[3].
  • ABA problem's facet of is recorded as concurrency[4].
  • ABA problem's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 190003419[5].

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