std::atomic_is_lock_free, ATOMIC_xxx_LOCK_FREE

 

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Defined in header <atomic>
	(1)
template< class Atomic > bool atomic_is_lock_free( const volatile Atomic* obj )			(since C++11)
template< class Atomic > bool atomic_is_lock_free( const Atomic* obj )			(since C++11)
#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()

2) Expands to an integer constant expression with value ​0​ for the built-in atomic types that are never lock-free, to 1 for the built-in atomic types that are sometimes lock-free, and to 2 for the built-in atomic types that are always lock-free.

Parameters

obj

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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. If the type is sometimes lock-free, then the function (1) or its member function equivalent has to be used to determine if the particular instance is lock-free.

See also

is_lock_free	checks if the atomic object is lock-free (public member function of std::atomic<T>)
std::atomic_is_lock_free(std::shared_ptr)	specializes atomic operations for std::shared_ptr (function template)
atomic_flag (C++11)	the lock-free boolean atomic type (class)