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add code comment about cache sharing
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@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ typedef struct seed_cache_box_t {
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uint64_t* seed;
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char padding[CACHE_LINE_SIZE - sizeof(uint64_t*)];
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} seed_cache_box;
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// This avoid false sharing. Dealing with this shaves ~2ms.
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// This avoids "false sharing", i.e., different threads competing for the same cache line
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// It's possible dealing with this shaves ~2ms
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// However, it's possible it doesn't, since pointers aren't changed, just their contents (and the location of their contents doesn't necessarily have to be close, since they are malloc'ed sepately)
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// Still, I thought it was interesting
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void sampler_parallel(double (*sampler)(uint64_t* seed), double* results, int n_threads, int n_samples)
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{
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