$ java -jar target/jcstress.jar -t VolatilePublicationTest -jvmArgs "-Xmx256m" -f 2 -iters 15 -time 1000 RUN RESULTS: Interesting tests: No matches. Failed tests: No matches. Error tests: No matches. All remaining tests: 1 matching test results. .......... [OK] com.ankurm.jmm.VolatilePublicationTest Results across all configurations: RESULT SAMPLES FREQ EXPECT DESCRIPTION 0, 0 4,290,607,784 80.26% Acceptable Reader ran before the write was published at all. 0, 1 0 0.00% Forbidden Would mean the volatile happens-before edge failed to hold. 1, 0 0 0.00% Forbidden Would mean the volatile happens-before edge failed to hold. 1, 1 1,055,076,014 19.74% Acceptable Reader saw the fully-constructed Payload.