std::atomic_is_lock_free, ATOMIC_xxx_LOCK_FREE

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< cpp‎ | atomic
Defined in header <atomic>
(1) (since C++11)
template< class T >
bool atomic_is_lock_free( const volatile std::atomic<T>* obj );
template< class T >
bool atomic_is_lock_free( const std::atomic<T>* obj );
#define ATOMIC_BOOL_LOCK_FREE     /* unspecified */

#define ATOMIC_CHAR_LOCK_FREE     /* unspecified */
#define ATOMIC_CHAR16_T_LOCK_FREE /* unspecified */
#define ATOMIC_CHAR32_T_LOCK_FREE /* unspecified */
#define ATOMIC_WCHAR_T_LOCK_FREE  /* unspecified */
#define ATOMIC_SHORT_LOCK_FREE    /* unspecified */
#define ATOMIC_INT_LOCK_FREE      /* unspecified */
#define ATOMIC_LONG_LOCK_FREE     /* unspecified */
#define ATOMIC_LLONG_LOCK_FREE    /* unspecified */

#define ATOMIC_POINTER_LOCK_FREE  /* unspecified */
(2) (since C++11)
1) Determines if the atomic object pointed to by obj is implemented lock-free, as if by calling obj->is_lock_free(). In any given program execution, the result of the lock-free query is the same for all pointers of the same type.
2) Expands to an integer constant expression with value
  • 0 for the built-in atomic types that are never lock-free
  • 1 for the built-in atomic types that are sometimes lock-free
  • 2 for the built-in atomic types that are always lock-free.

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[edit] Parameters

obj - pointer to the atomic object to examine

[edit] Return value

true if *obj is a lock-free atomic, false otherwise.

[edit] Exceptions

noexcept specification:  
noexcept
  

[edit] Notes

All atomic types except for std::atomic_flag may be implemented using mutexes or other locking operations, rather than using the lock-free atomic CPU instructions. Atomic types are also allowed to be sometimes lock-free, e.g. if only aligned memory accesses are naturally atomic on a given architecture, misaligned objects of the same type have to use locks.

The C++ standard recommends (but does not require) that lock-free atomic operations are also address-free, that is, suitable for communication between processes using shared memory.

[edit] Example

[edit] See also

checks if the atomic object is lock-free
(public member function of std::atomic)
specializes atomic operations for std::shared_ptr
(function template)
(C++11)
the lock-free boolean atomic type
(class)
[static] (C++17)
indicates that the type is always lock-free
(public static member constant of std::atomic)
C documentation for atomic_is_lock_free
C documentation for ATOMIC_*_LOCK_FREE