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Defined in header <atomic>
template< class T >
struct atomic_ref;
(1) (since C++20)
template< class T >
struct atomic_ref<T*>;
(2) (since C++20)

The std::atomic_ref class template applies atomic operations to the object it references. For the lifetime of the std::atomic_ref object, the object it references is considered an atomic object. If one thread writes to an atomic object while another thread reads from it, the behavior is well-defined (see memory model for details on data races). In addition, accesses to atomic objects may establish inter-thread synchronization and order non-atomic memory accesses as specified by std::memory_order.

The lifetime of an object must exceed the lifetime of all std::atomic_refs that references the object. While any std::atomic_ref instance referencing an object exists, the object must be exclusively accessed through these std::atomic_ref instances. No subobject of an object referenced by an std::atomic_ref object may be concurrently referenced by any other std::atomic_ref object.

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

std::atomic_ref is CopyConstructible.

Like language references, constness is shallow for std::atomic_ref - it is possible to modify the referenced value through a const std::atomic_ref object.

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[edit] Specializations

[edit] Primary template

The primary std::atomic_ref template may be instantiated with any TriviallyCopyable type T (including bool):

struct Counters { int a; int b; }; // user-defined trivially-copyable type
alignas(std::atomic_ref<Counters>::required_alignment) Counters counter;
std::atomic_ref<Counters> cnt(counter); // specialization for the user-defined type

[edit] Partial specialization for pointer types

The standard library provides partial specializations of the std::atomic_ref template for all pointer types. In addition to the operations provided for all atomic types, these specializations additionally support atomic arithmetic operations appropriate to pointer types, such as fetch_add, fetch_sub.

[edit] Specializations for integral types

When instantiated with one of the following integral types, std::atomic_ref provides additional atomic operations appropriate to integral types such as fetch_add, fetch_sub, fetch_and, fetch_or, fetch_xor:

  • The character types char, char8_t, char16_t, char32_t, and wchar_t;
  • The standard signed integer types: signed char, short, int, long, and long long;
  • The standard unsigned integer types: unsigned char, unsigned short, unsigned int, unsigned long, and unsigned long long;
  • Any additional integral types needed by the typedefs in the header <cstdint>.

Signed integer arithmetic is defined to use two's complement; there are no undefined results.

[edit] Specializations for floating-point types

When instantiated with one of the cv-unqualified floating-point types (float, double, long double and cv-unqualified extended floating-point types(since C++23)), std::atomic_ref provides additional atomic operations appropriate to floating-point types such as fetch_add and fetch_sub.

No operations result in undefined behavior even if the result is not representable in the floating-point type. The floating-point environment in effect may be different from the calling thread's floating-point environment.

[edit] Member types

Member type Definition
value_type see below
difference_type value_type (only for atomic_ref<Integral> and atomic_ref<Floating> specializations)
std::ptrdiff_t (only for std::atomic_ref<T*> specializations)

For every std::atomic_ref<X> (whether or not specialized), std::atomic_ref<X>::value_type is X.

difference_type is not defined in the primary atomic_ref template.

[edit] Member functions

constructs an atomic_ref object
(public member function) [edit]
stores a value into the object referenced by an atomic_ref object
(public member function) [edit]
checks if the atomic_ref object is lock-free
(public member function) [edit]
atomically replaces the value of the referenced object with a non-atomic argument
(public member function) [edit]
atomically obtains the value of the referenced object
(public member function) [edit]
loads a value from the referenced object
(public member function) [edit]
atomically replaces the value of the referenced object and obtains the value held previously
(public member function) [edit]
atomically compares the value of the referenced object with non-atomic argument and performs atomic exchange if equal or atomic load if not
(public member function) [edit]
(C++20)
blocks the thread until notified and the atomic value changes
(public member function) [edit]
notifies at least one thread waiting on the atomic object
(public member function) [edit]
notifies all threads blocked waiting on the atomic object
(public member function) [edit]

Constants

indicates that the type is always lock-free
(public static member constant) [edit]
indicates the required alignment of an object to be referenced by atomic_ref
(public static member constant) [edit]

[edit] Specialized member functions

atomically adds the argument to the value stored in the referenced object and obtains the value held previously
(public member function) [edit]
atomically subtracts the argument from the value stored in the referenced object and obtains the value held previously
(public member function) [edit]
atomically performs bitwise AND between the argument and the value of the referenced object and obtains the value held previously
(public member function) [edit]
atomically performs bitwise OR between the argument and the value of the referenced object and obtains the value held previously
(public member function) [edit]
atomically performs bitwise XOR between the argument and the value of the referenced object and obtains the value held previously
(public member function) [edit]
atomically increments or decrements the referenced object by one
(public member function) [edit]
atomically adds, subtracts, or performs bitwise AND, OR, XOR with the referenced value
(public member function) [edit]

[edit] Notes

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_atomic_ref 201806L (C++20) std::atomic_ref

[edit] See also

(C++11)
atomic class template and specializations for bool, integral, floating-point,(since C++20) and pointer types
(class template) [edit]