Index: libcfa/src/concurrency/channel.hfa
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--- libcfa/src/concurrency/channel.hfa	(revision e23b3ce3f4ce1a6fe6be08990f27f69e64036545)
+++ libcfa/src/concurrency/channel.hfa	(revision 5908fb4223d724c7d6e5bbedbfcf0f72d9a7612a)
@@ -88,6 +88,6 @@
     if ( size != 0 ) delete( buffer );
 }
-static inline size_t get_count( channel(T) & chan ) with(chan) { return __atomic_load_n( &count, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST); }
-static inline size_t get_size( channel(T) & chan ) with(chan) { return __atomic_load_n( &size, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST); }
+static inline size_t get_count( channel(T) & chan ) with(chan) { return __atomic_load_n( &count, __ATOMIC_RELAXED ); }
+static inline size_t get_size( channel(T) & chan ) with(chan) { return __atomic_load_n( &size, __ATOMIC_RELAXED ); }
 static inline bool has_waiters( channel(T) & chan ) with(chan) { return !cons`isEmpty || !prods`isEmpty; }
 static inline bool has_waiting_consumers( channel(T) & chan ) with(chan) { return !cons`isEmpty; }