BloombergLP::bsls::AtomicOperations::swapUint

Atomically swap atomicUint with sequential consistency.

Synopsis

Declared in <bsls_atomicoperations.h>

static
unsigned int
swapUint(
    AtomicTypes::Uint* atomicUint,
    unsigned int swapValue);

Description

Atomically set the value of the specified atomicUint to the specified swapValue, and return its previous value, providing the sequential consistency memory ordering guarantee.

Return Value

previous value of atomicUint

Parameters

NameDescription
atomicUintatomic unsigned integer to modify
swapValuevalue to store