31 Atomic operations library [atomics]

31.5 Lock-free property [atomics.lockfree]

#define ATOMIC_BOOL_LOCK_FREE unspecified
#define ATOMIC_CHAR_LOCK_FREE unspecified
#define ATOMIC_CHAR8_T_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
1
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The ATOMIC_­..._­LOCK_­FREE macros indicate the lock-free property of the corresponding atomic types, with the signed and unsigned variants grouped together.
The properties also apply to the corresponding (partial) specializations of the atomic template.
A value of 0 indicates that the types are never lock-free.
A value of 1 indicates that the types are sometimes lock-free.
A value of 2 indicates that the types are always lock-free.
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At least one signed integral specialization of the atomic template, along with the specialization for the corresponding unsigned type ([basic.fundamental]), is always lock-free.
[Note
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This requirement is optional in freestanding implementations ([compliance]).
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3
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The function atomic_­is_­lock_­free ([atomics.types.operations]) indicates whether the object is lock-free.
In any given program execution, the result of the lock-free query shall be consistent for all pointers of the same type.
4
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Atomic operations that are not lock-free are considered to potentially block ([intro.progress]).
5
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[Note
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Operations that are lock-free should also be address-free.
That is, atomic operations on the same memory location via two different addresses will communicate atomically.
The implementation should not depend on any per-process state.
This restriction enables communication by memory that is mapped into a process more than once and by memory that is shared between two processes.
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