Standard library header <stdatomic.h> (C11) (original) (raw)

This header provides atomic operations, in particular, it's a part of the concurrency support library.

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[edit] Atomic operations

Operations on atomic types
ATOMIC_BOOL_LOCK_FREEATOMIC_CHAR_LOCK_FREEATOMIC_CHAR16_T_LOCK_FREEATOMIC_CHAR32_T_LOCK_FREEATOMIC_WCHAR_T_LOCK_FREEATOMIC_SHORT_LOCK_FREEATOMIC_INT_LOCK_FREEATOMIC_LONG_LOCK_FREEATOMIC_LLONG_LOCK_FREEATOMIC_POINTER_LOCK_FREE(C11) indicates that the given atomic type is lock-free (macro constant) [edit]
atomic_is_lock_free(C11) indicates whether the atomic object is lock-free (function) [edit]
atomic_storeatomic_store_explicit(C11) stores a value in an atomic object (function) [edit]
atomic_loadatomic_load_explicit(C11) reads a value from an atomic object (function) [edit]
atomic_exchangeatomic_exchange_explicit(C11) swaps a value with the value of an atomic object (function) [edit]
atomic_compare_exchange_strongatomic_compare_exchange_strong_explicitatomic_compare_exchange_weakatomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit(C11) swaps a value with an atomic object if the old value is what is expected, otherwise reads the old value (function) [edit]
atomic_fetch_addatomic_fetch_add_explicit(C11) atomic addition (function) [edit]
atomic_fetch_subatomic_fetch_sub_explicit(C11) atomic subtraction (function) [edit]
atomic_fetch_oratomic_fetch_or_explicit(C11) atomic bitwise OR (function) [edit]
atomic_fetch_xoratomic_fetch_xor_explicit(C11) atomic bitwise exclusive OR (function) [edit]
atomic_fetch_andatomic_fetch_and_explicit(C11) atomic bitwise AND (function) [edit]
Flag type and operations
atomic_flag(C11) lock-free atomic boolean flag (struct)[edit]
atomic_flag_test_and_setatomic_flag_test_and_set_explicit(C11) sets an atomic_flag to true and returns the old value (function) [edit]
atomic_flag_clearatomic_flag_clear_explicit(C11) sets an atomic_flag to false (function) [edit]
Initialization
atomic_init(C11) initializes an existing atomic object (function) [edit]
ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(C11)(deprecated in C17)(removed in C23) initializes a new atomic object (function macro) [edit]
ATOMIC_FLAG_INIT(C11) initializes a new atomic_flag (macro constant) [edit]
Memory synchronization ordering
memory_order(C11) defines memory ordering constraints (enum) [edit]
kill_dependency(C11) breaks a dependency chain for memory_order_consume (function macro) [edit]
atomic_thread_fence(C11) generic memory order-dependent fence synchronization primitive (function) [edit]
atomic_signal_fence(C11) fence between a thread and a signal handler executed in the same thread (function) [edit]
Convenience type aliases
Typedef name Full type name
atomic_bool (C11) _Atomic _Bool
atomic_char (C11) _Atomic char
atomic_schar (C11) _Atomic signed char
atomic_uchar (C11) _Atomic unsigned char
atomic_short (C11) _Atomic short
atomic_ushort (C11) _Atomic unsigned short
atomic_int (C11) _Atomic int
atomic_uint (C11) _Atomic unsigned int
atomic_long (C11) _Atomic long
atomic_ulong (C11) _Atomic unsigned long
atomic_llong (C11) _Atomic long long
atomic_ullong (C11) _Atomic unsigned long long
atomic_char8_t (C23) _Atomic char8_t
atomic_char16_t (C11) _Atomic char16_t
atomic_char32_t (C11) _Atomic char32_t
atomic_wchar_t (C11) _Atomic wchar_t
atomic_int_least8_t (C11) _Atomic int_least8_t
atomic_uint_least8_t (C11) _Atomic uint_least8_t
atomic_int_least16_t (C11) _Atomic int_least16_t
atomic_uint_least16_t (C11) _Atomic uint_least16_t
atomic_int_least32_t (C11) _Atomic int_least32_t
atomic_uint_least32_t (C11) _Atomic uint_least32_t
atomic_int_least64_t (C11) _Atomic int_least64_t
atomic_uint_least64_t (C11) _Atomic uint_least64_t
atomic_int_fast8_t (C11) _Atomic int_fast8_t
atomic_uint_fast8_t (C11) _Atomic uint_fast8_t
atomic_int_fast16_t (C11) _Atomic int_fast16_t
atomic_uint_fast16_t (C11) _Atomic uint_fast16_t
atomic_int_fast32_t (C11) _Atomic int_fast32_t
atomic_uint_fast32_t (C11) _Atomic uint_fast32_t
atomic_int_fast64_t (C11) _Atomic int_fast64_t
atomic_uint_fast64_t (C11) _Atomic uint_fast64_t
atomic_intptr_t (C11) _Atomic intptr_t
atomic_uintptr_t (C11) _Atomic uintptr_t
atomic_size_t (C11) _Atomic size_t
atomic_ptrdiff_t (C11) _Atomic ptrdiff_t
atomic_intmax_t (C11) _Atomic intmax_t
atomic_uintmax_t (C11) _Atomic uintmax_t

[edit] Synopsis

#define STDC_VERSION_STDATOMIC_H 202311L   void atomic_init(volatile A* obj, /C/ value); /type/ kill_dependency(/type/ y); void atomic_thread_fence(memory_order order); void atomic_signal_fence(memory_order order); bool atomic_is_lock_free(const volatile A* obj); void atomic_store(volatile A* object, /C/ desired); void atomic_store_explicit(volatile A* object, /C/ desired, memory_order order); /C/ atomic_load(const volatile A* object); /C/ atomic_load_explicit(const volatile A* object, memory_order order); /C/ atomic_exchange(volatile A* object, /C/ desired); /C/ atomic_exchange_explicit(volatile A* object, /C/ desired, memory_order order); bool atomic_compare_exchange_strong(volatile A* object, /C/* expected, /C/ desired); bool atomic_compare_exchange_strong_explicit(volatile A* object, /C/* expected, /C/ desired, memory_order success, memory_order failure); bool atomic_compare_exchange_weak(volatile A* object, /C/* expected, /C/ desired); bool atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit(volatile A* object, /C/* expected, /C/ desired, memory_order success, memory_order failure); /C/ /atomic_fetch_key/(volatile A* object, M operand); /C/ /atomic_fetch_key_explicit/(volatile A* object, M operand, memory_order order); bool atomic_flag_test_and_set(volatile atomic_flag* object); bool atomic_flag_test_and_set_explicit(volatile atomic_flag* object, memory_order order); void atomic_flag_clear(volatile atomic_flag* object); void atomic_flag_clear_explicit(volatile atomic_flag* object, memory_order order);