32 Concurrency support library [thread]

32.5 Atomic operations [atomics]

32.5.7 Class template atomic_ref [atomics.ref.generic]

32.5.7.1 General [atomics.ref.generic.general]

namespace std { template<class T> struct atomic_ref { private: T* ptr; // exposition only public: using value_type = T; static constexpr size_t required_alignment = implementation-defined; static constexpr bool is_always_lock_free = implementation-defined; bool is_lock_free() const noexcept; explicit atomic_ref(T&); atomic_ref(const atomic_ref&) noexcept; atomic_ref& operator=(const atomic_ref&) = delete; void store(T, memory_order = memory_order::seq_cst) const noexcept; T operator=(T) const noexcept; T load(memory_order = memory_order::seq_cst) const noexcept; operator T() const noexcept; T exchange(T, memory_order = memory_order::seq_cst) const noexcept; bool compare_exchange_weak(T&, T, memory_order, memory_order) const noexcept; bool compare_exchange_strong(T&, T, memory_order, memory_order) const noexcept; bool compare_exchange_weak(T&, T, memory_order = memory_order::seq_cst) const noexcept; bool compare_exchange_strong(T&, T, memory_order = memory_order::seq_cst) const noexcept; void wait(T, memory_order = memory_order::seq_cst) const noexcept; void notify_one() const noexcept; void notify_all() const noexcept; }; }

An atomic_ref object applies atomic operations ([atomics.general]) to the object referenced by *ptr such that, for the lifetime ([basic.life]) of the atomic_ref object, the object referenced by *ptr is an atomic object ([intro.races]).

The program is ill-formed if is_trivially_copyable_v<T> is false.

The lifetime ([basic.life]) of an object referenced by *ptr shall exceed the lifetime of all atomic_refs that reference the object.

While any atomic_ref instances exist that reference the *ptr object, all accesses to that object shall exclusively occur through those atomic_ref instances.

No subobject of the object referenced by atomic_ref shall be concurrently referenced by any other atomic_ref object.

Atomic operations applied to an object through a referencing atomic_ref are atomic with respect to atomic operations applied through any other atomic_ref referencing the same object.

[Note 1:

Atomic operations or the atomic_ref constructor can acquire a shared resource, such as a lock associated with the referenced object, to enable atomic operations to be applied to the referenced object.

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