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CriticalSection

CriticalSection[{var1, var2, ...}, expr]
locks the variables vari with respect to parallel computation, evaluates expr, then releases the vari.
  • At most one instance of a critical section with the same lock variable is allowed to run concurrently on any parallel kernel.
  • Variables used as locks should not have a value in the master kernel.
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Unsynchronized reading and writing access to a shared variable gives wrong results:
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The code between reading and writing xs should be run sequentially to avoid interference:
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