github.com/varialus/godfly@v0.0.0-20130904042352-1934f9f095ab/src/pkg/sync/atomic/doc.go (about)

     1  // Copyright 2011 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
     2  // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
     3  // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
     4  
     5  // +build !race
     6  
     7  // Package atomic provides low-level atomic memory primitives
     8  // useful for implementing synchronization algorithms.
     9  //
    10  // These functions require great care to be used correctly.
    11  // Except for special, low-level applications, synchronization is better
    12  // done with channels or the facilities of the sync package.
    13  // Share memory by communicating;
    14  // don't communicate by sharing memory.
    15  //
    16  // The swap operation, implemented by the SwapT functions, is the atomic
    17  // equivalent of:
    18  //
    19  //	old = *addr
    20  //	*addr = new
    21  //	return old
    22  //
    23  // The compare-and-swap operation, implemented by the CompareAndSwapT
    24  // functions, is the atomic equivalent of:
    25  //
    26  //	if *addr == old {
    27  //		*addr = new
    28  //		return true
    29  //	}
    30  //	return false
    31  //
    32  // The add operation, implemented by the AddT functions, is the atomic
    33  // equivalent of:
    34  //
    35  //	*addr += delta
    36  //	return *addr
    37  //
    38  // The load and store operations, implemented by the LoadT and StoreT
    39  // functions, are the atomic equivalents of "return *addr" and
    40  // "*addr = val".
    41  //
    42  package atomic
    43  
    44  import (
    45  	"unsafe"
    46  )
    47  
    48  // BUG(rsc): On x86-32, the 64-bit functions use instructions unavailable before the Pentium MMX.
    49  //
    50  // On non-Linux ARM, the 64-bit functions use instructions unavailable before the ARMv6k core.
    51  //
    52  // On both ARM and x86-32, it is the caller's responsibility to arrange for 64-bit
    53  // alignment of 64-bit words accessed atomically. The first word in a global
    54  // variable or in an allocated struct or slice can be relied upon to be
    55  // 64-bit aligned.
    56  
    57  // SwapInt32 atomically stores new into *addr and returns the previous *addr value.
    58  func SwapInt32(addr *int32, new int32) (old int32)
    59  
    60  // SwapInt64 atomically stores new into *addr and returns the previous *addr value.
    61  func SwapInt64(addr *int64, new int64) (old int64)
    62  
    63  // SwapUint32 atomically stores new into *addr and returns the previous *addr value.
    64  func SwapUint32(addr *uint32, new uint32) (old uint32)
    65  
    66  // SwapUint64 atomically stores new into *addr and returns the previous *addr value.
    67  func SwapUint64(addr *uint64, new uint64) (old uint64)
    68  
    69  // SwapUintptr atomically stores new into *addr and returns the previous *addr value.
    70  func SwapUintptr(addr *uintptr, new uintptr) (old uintptr)
    71  
    72  // SwapPointer atomically stores new into *addr and returns the previous *addr value.
    73  func SwapPointer(addr *unsafe.Pointer, new unsafe.Pointer) (old unsafe.Pointer)
    74  
    75  // CompareAndSwapInt32 executes the compare-and-swap operation for an int32 value.
    76  func CompareAndSwapInt32(addr *int32, old, new int32) (swapped bool)
    77  
    78  // CompareAndSwapInt64 executes the compare-and-swap operation for an int64 value.
    79  func CompareAndSwapInt64(addr *int64, old, new int64) (swapped bool)
    80  
    81  // CompareAndSwapUint32 executes the compare-and-swap operation for a uint32 value.
    82  func CompareAndSwapUint32(addr *uint32, old, new uint32) (swapped bool)
    83  
    84  // CompareAndSwapUint64 executes the compare-and-swap operation for a uint64 value.
    85  func CompareAndSwapUint64(addr *uint64, old, new uint64) (swapped bool)
    86  
    87  // CompareAndSwapUintptr executes the compare-and-swap operation for a uintptr value.
    88  func CompareAndSwapUintptr(addr *uintptr, old, new uintptr) (swapped bool)
    89  
    90  // CompareAndSwapPointer executes the compare-and-swap operation for a unsafe.Pointer value.
    91  func CompareAndSwapPointer(addr *unsafe.Pointer, old, new unsafe.Pointer) (swapped bool)
    92  
    93  // AddInt32 atomically adds delta to *addr and returns the new value.
    94  func AddInt32(addr *int32, delta int32) (new int32)
    95  
    96  // AddUint32 atomically adds delta to *addr and returns the new value.
    97  func AddUint32(addr *uint32, delta uint32) (new uint32)
    98  
    99  // AddInt64 atomically adds delta to *addr and returns the new value.
   100  func AddInt64(addr *int64, delta int64) (new int64)
   101  
   102  // AddUint64 atomically adds delta to *addr and returns the new value.
   103  func AddUint64(addr *uint64, delta uint64) (new uint64)
   104  
   105  // AddUintptr atomically adds delta to *addr and returns the new value.
   106  func AddUintptr(addr *uintptr, delta uintptr) (new uintptr)
   107  
   108  // LoadInt32 atomically loads *addr.
   109  func LoadInt32(addr *int32) (val int32)
   110  
   111  // LoadInt64 atomically loads *addr.
   112  func LoadInt64(addr *int64) (val int64)
   113  
   114  // LoadUint32 atomically loads *addr.
   115  func LoadUint32(addr *uint32) (val uint32)
   116  
   117  // LoadUint64 atomically loads *addr.
   118  func LoadUint64(addr *uint64) (val uint64)
   119  
   120  // LoadUintptr atomically loads *addr.
   121  func LoadUintptr(addr *uintptr) (val uintptr)
   122  
   123  // LoadPointer atomically loads *addr.
   124  func LoadPointer(addr *unsafe.Pointer) (val unsafe.Pointer)
   125  
   126  // StoreInt32 atomically stores val into *addr.
   127  func StoreInt32(addr *int32, val int32)
   128  
   129  // StoreInt64 atomically stores val into *addr.
   130  func StoreInt64(addr *int64, val int64)
   131  
   132  // StoreUint32 atomically stores val into *addr.
   133  func StoreUint32(addr *uint32, val uint32)
   134  
   135  // StoreUint64 atomically stores val into *addr.
   136  func StoreUint64(addr *uint64, val uint64)
   137  
   138  // StoreUintptr atomically stores val into *addr.
   139  func StoreUintptr(addr *uintptr, val uintptr)
   140  
   141  // StorePointer atomically stores val into *addr.
   142  func StorePointer(addr *unsafe.Pointer, val unsafe.Pointer)
   143  
   144  // Helper for ARM.  Linker will discard on other systems
   145  func panic64() {
   146  	panic("sync/atomic: broken 64-bit atomic operations (buggy QEMU)")
   147  }