Function

GLibatomic_rc_box_acquire

since: 2.58

Declaration 

gpointer
g_atomic_rc_box_acquire (
  gpointer mem_block
)

Description

Atomically acquires a reference on the data pointed by mem_block.

Available since: 2.58

Parameters

mem_block

Type: gpointer

A pointer to reference counted data.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

Return value

Type: gpointer

A pointer to the data, with its reference count increased.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.