Epsilon & Stress
Stress
Hey, I’ve hit a weird latency spike in the data acquisition module and I’m thinking it’s a race condition. Got any quick ideas on how to pin it down?
Epsilon
Try isolating the suspect section: add timestamps before and after every critical read/write, then look for overlaps. Lock the shared buffer with a mutex or use atomic operations; if you can’t find a lock, add one and see if the spike disappears. Also run a lightweight profiler or a deterministic scheduler to replay the scenario—if the spike only appears in the real run, it’s likely a timing issue. If you can, reduce the thread count temporarily; race conditions often vanish with fewer threads, giving you a clearer picture.
Stress
Sounds good. I’ll toss in some timestamps, lock the buffer, and run the profiler. If the spike disappears with fewer threads, I’ll know it’s a race—otherwise I’ll keep hunting. Hang tight, I’ll keep the log clean.
Epsilon
Sounds solid—watch the logs closely. If the spike still pops up, the culprit might be memory bandwidth or cache contention rather than a pure race. Keep me posted.
Stress
Got it, I’ll keep an eye on the logs, check memory bandwidth and cache contention. Will ping you if anything pops up.
Epsilon
Sure thing, keep me in the loop if you uncover anything new. Good luck.