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False sharing
A condition that occurs in cache when two unrelated data accessed independently by two threads reside in the same block. This block can end up 'ping-ponging' between caches for no valid reason. recognising such a case and rearranging the data structure to eliminate the false sharing greatly increases cache performance. See also cache, cache locality.
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