multithreading

Race Condition vs Visibility problem.

1. Visibility Problem:

  • Occurs when one thread updates a shared variable in its CPU cache, but another thread doesn't see the update because it's reading from its own cache.
  • Solution: Use volatile or synchronized.

2. Race Condition:

  • Occurs when multiple threads access and modify shared data concurrently, and the final result depends on the timing of their execution (e.g., count++).
  • count++ is actually 3 operations (read, increment, write).
  • Solution: Use synchronized or AtomicInteger. volatile does not solve race conditions.
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