#1 Why this data structure is non-SC (but it's SC at abstraction). The underlying pattern of the non-SCness are as the following: T1 T2 x = 1; y = 1; r1 = y; r2 = x; Suppose there are two identical threads, both having a writer followed by a reader, as follows: T1 T2 m_written.CAS; m_rdwr.CAS; m_rdwr.CAS; m_written.CAS; // In write_publish() m_written.load; // a m_rdwr.load; // The first in the read_fetch() // b a & b can both read old value and it's non-SC. However, the later loads and CAS in the loops will finally fix this problem.