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  1. WiredTiger
  2. WT-723

Switch the update serialization function to an atomic instruction instead of acquiring/releasing a spinlock.

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    • WT1.6.6
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      @michaelcahill: Is it safe to not acquire the serialization mutex when looking for obsolete WT_UPDATE entries, if we switch to an atomic instruction as our update mechanism?

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            keith.bostic@mongodb.com Keith Bostic (Inactive)
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            keith.bostic@mongodb.com Keith Bostic (Inactive)
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