Atomic operations library

If the macro cons tant __STDC_NO_ATOMICS__(C11) is dened by the compiler, the header
<stdatomic.h>, the keyword _Atomic, and all of the names lis ted here are not provided.

Types
Dened in header <stdatomic.h>

denes memory ordering cons traints

memory_order(C11) (enum)
lock-free atomic boolean ag
atomic_flag(C11) (struc t)

Macros
Dened in header <stdatomic.h>

ATOMIC_BOOL_LOCK_FREE
ATOMIC_CHAR_LOCK_FREE
ATOMIC_CHAR16_T_LOCK_FREE
ATOMIC_CHAR32_T_LOCK_FREE
ATOMIC_WCHAR_T_LOCK_FREE
indicates that the given atomic type is lock-free
(C11)
(mac ro c onstant)
ATOMIC_SHORT_LOCK_FREE
ATOMIC_INT_LOCK_FREE
ATOMIC_LONG_LOCK_FREE
ATOMIC_LLONG_LOCK_FREE
ATOMIC_POINTER_LOCK_FREE
ATOMIC_FLAG_INIT(C11)
ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(C11)
kill_dependency(C11)

initializes a new atomic_flag

(mac ro c onstant)

initializes a new atomic object

(func tion mac ro)

breaks a dependency chain for memory_order_consume

(func tion mac ro)

Functions
Dened in header <stdatomic.h>

atomic_flag_test_and_set
(C11)
atomic_flag_test_and_set_explicit
atomic_flag_clear
(C11)
atomic_flag_clear_explicit
atomic_init(C11)
atomic_is_lock_free(C11)

s ets an atomic_ag to true and returns the old

value
(func tion)

s ets an atomic_ag to fals e

(func tion)

initializes an exis ting atomic object

(func tion)

indicates whether the atomic object is lock-free

(func tion)

atomic_store
(C11)
atomic_store_explicit

s tores a value in an atomic object

atomic_load
(C11)
atomic_load_explicit

reads a value from an atomic object

atomic_exchange
(C11)
atomic_exchange_explicit

s waps a value with the value of an atomic object

atomic_compare_exchange_strong
atomic_compare_exchange_strong_explicit
(C11)
atomic_compare_exchange_weak
atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit

s waps a value with the an atomic object if the old

value is what is expected, otherwis e reads the
old value

atomic_fetch_add
(C11)
atomic_fetch_add_explicit

atomic addition

atomic_fetch_sub
(C11)
atomic_fetch_sub_explicit

atomic s ubtraction

atomic_fetch_or
(C11)
atomic_fetch_or_explicit

atomic logical OR

atomic_fetch_xor
(C11)
atomic_fetch_xor_explicit

atomic logical exclus ive OR

(func tion)
(func tion)
(func tion)

(func tion)
(func tion)
(func tion)
(func tion)
(func tion)

atomic logical AND

(func tion)

atomic_fetch_and
(C11)
atomic_fetch_and_explicit
atomic_thread_fence(C11)

(func tion)

generic memory order-dependent fence

s ynchronization primitive
(func tion)

atomic_signal_fence(C11)

fence between a thread and a s ignal handler

executed in the s ame thread
(func tion)

Types
The s tandard library oers convenience typedefs for the core language atomic types .
Typedef name

Full type name

atomic_bool

_Atomic _Bool

atomic_char

_Atomic char

atomic_schar

_Atomic signed char

atomic_uchar

_Atomic unsigned char

atomic_short

_Atomic short

atomic_ushort

_Atomic unsigned short

atomic_int

_Atomic int

atomic_uint

_Atomic unsigned int

atomic_long

_Atomic long

atomic_ulong

_Atomic unsigned long

atomic_llong

_Atomic long long

atomic_ullong

_Atomic unsigned long long

atomic_char16_t

_Atomic char16_t

atomic_char32_t

_Atomic char32_t

atomic_wchar_t

_Atomic wchar_t

atomic_int_least8_t

_Atomic int_least8_t

atomic_uint_least8_t

_Atomic uint_least8_t

atomic_int_least16_t

_Atomic int_least16_t

atomic_uint_least16_t _Atomic uint_least16_t

atomic_int_least32_t

_Atomic int_least32_t

atomic_uint_least32_t _Atomic uint_least32_t

atomic_int_least64_t

_Atomic int_least64_t

atomic_uint_least64_t _Atomic uint_least64_t

atomic_int_fast8_t

_Atomic int_fast8_t

atomic_uint_fast8_t

_Atomic uint_fast8_t

atomic_int_fast16_t

_Atomic int_fast16_t

atomic_uint_fast16_t

_Atomic uint_fast16_t

atomic_int_fast32_t

_Atomic int_fast32_t

atomic_uint_fast32_t

_Atomic uint_fast32_t

atomic_int_fast64_t

_Atomic int_fast64_t

atomic_uint_fast64_t

_Atomic uint_fast64_t

atomic_intptr_t

_Atomic intptr_t

atomic_uintptr_t

_Atomic uintptr_t

atomic_size_t

_Atomic size_t

atomic_ptrdiff_t

_Atomic ptrdiff_t

atomic_intmax_t

_Atomic intmax_t

atomic_uintmax_t

_Atomic uintmax_t

References
C11 s tandard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
7.17 Atomics <s tdatomic.h> (p: 273-286)

7.31.8 Atomics <s tdatomic.h> (p: 455-456)

See also
C++ documentation for Atomic operations library
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