All Atomic Operations

Explore the full range of atomic operations in C++ essential for safe multithreading and synchronization. Understand how different atomic types like atomic_flag, atomic<bool>, atomic pointers, and integral atomics support specific methods such as load, store, exchange, and compare_exchange. This lesson helps you grasp the atomic capabilities that underpin concurrency control with practical reference to their availability across types.

We'll cover the following...

To get the full picture, here is a list of all atomic operations depending on the atomic type.

Method	`atomic_flag`	`atomic<bool>`	*`atomic<T\>`**	`atomic<integral>`	`atomic<user defined>`
`test_and_set`

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1.Introduction

2.A Quick Overview

3.Memory Model: The Contract

4.Memory Model: Atomics

5.Memory Model: Synchronization and Ordering Constraints

6.Memory Model: Fences

7.Multithreading: Threads

8.Multithreading: Shared Data

9.Multithreading: Local Data

10.Multithreading: Condition Variables

11.Multithreading: Tasks

12.Case Study: Calculate Sum of a Vector

13.Case Study: Thread-Safe Initialization of a Singleton

14.Case Study: Ongoing Optimization with CppMem

15.Parallel Algorithms of the Standard Template Library

16.The Future: C++20

17.Coding Examples

18.Best Practices

19.The Time Library

20.Glossary

21.About the Author

All Atomic Operations