BloombergLP::bsls::AtomicOperations::swapPtr

Atomically swap atomicPtr with sequential consistency.

Synopsis

Declared in <bsls_atomicoperations.h>

static
void*
swapPtr(
    AtomicTypes::Pointer* atomicPtr,
    void* swapValue);

Description

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

Return Value

previous value of atomicPtr

Parameters

NameDescription
atomicPtratomic pointer to update
swapValuevalue to store