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Two threads reading 41 and both writing 42 so one increment vanishes, beside a lock that makes threads queue and a compare-and-swap instruction that retries on collision instead of blocking

ConcurrencyDay 57Sep 28, 2026

Don't Take The Lock. Ask Instead.

system-design concurrency locks

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