std::atomic_is_lock_free

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.

Parameters

obj - pointer to the atomic object to examine

Return value

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

Exceptions

noexcept specification:
noexcept

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.

Example

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)
C documentation for atomic_is_lock_free
C documentation for ATOMIC_*_LOCK_FREE
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2016-10-11 10:00:30
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