Function

GLibatomic_pointer_exchange

since: 2.74

Declaration [src] 

gpointer
g_atomic_pointer_exchange (
  void* atomic,
  gpointer newval
)

Description [src]

Sets the atomic to newval and returns the old value from atomic.

This exchange is done atomically.

Think of this operation as an atomic version of { tmp = *atomic; *atomic = val; return tmp; }.

This call acts as a full compiler and hardware memory barrier.

Available since: 2.74

Parameters

atomic

Type: void*

A pointer to a #gpointer-sized value.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.
newval

Type: gpointer

The value to replace with.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.

Return value

Type: gpointer

The value of atomic before the exchange.

The data is owned by the called function.
The return value can be NULL.