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17 Language support library [support]

17.6 Dynamic memory management [support.dynamic]

17.6.6 Hardware interference size [hardware.interference]

inline constexpr size_t hardware_destructive_interference_size = _implementation-defined_;

This number is the minimum recommended offset between two concurrently-accessed objects to avoid additional performance degradation due to contention introduced by the implementation.

It shall be at least alignof(max_align_t).

[Example 1: struct keep_apart { alignas(hardware_destructive_interference_size) atomic<int> cat;alignas(hardware_destructive_interference_size) atomic<int> dog;}; — _end example_]

inline constexpr size_t hardware_constructive_interference_size = _implementation-defined_;

This number is the maximum recommended size of contiguous memory occupied by two objects accessed with temporal locality by concurrent threads.

It shall be at least alignof(max_align_t).

[Example 2: struct together { atomic<int> dog;int puppy;};struct kennel { alignas(sizeof(together)) together pack;};static_assert(sizeof(together) <= hardware_constructive_interference_size); — _end example_]