Top "Atomic" questions

Are primitive data types in c# atomic (thread safe)?

For example, do I need to lock a bool value when multithreading?

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Moving a directory atomically

I have two directories in the same parent directory. Call the parent directory base and the children directories alpha and …

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Django nested transactions - “with transaction.atomic()”

I would like to know if I have something like this: def functionA(): with transaction.atomic(): #save something functionB() def …

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Can a bool read/write operation be not atomic on x86?

Say we have two threads, one is reading a bool in a loop and another can toggle it at certain …

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c++, std::atomic, what is std::memory_order and how to use them?

Can anyone explain what is std::memory_order in plain English, and how to use them with std::atomic<&…

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Atomic swap in GNU C++

I want to verify that my understanding is correct. This kind of thing is tricky so I'm almost sure I …

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Atomicity in C++ : Myth or Reality

I have been reading an article about Lockless Programming in MSDN. It says : On all modern processors, you can assume …

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Is there a way to make a function atomic in C?

Is there a way to make a function atomic in C. I am not looking for a portable solution.(platforms …

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C++11: write move constructor with atomic<bool> member?

I've got a class with an atomic member variable: struct Foo { std::atomic<bool> bar; /* ... lots of other …

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CUDA atomicAdd for doubles definition error

In previous versions of CUDA, atomicAdd was not implemented for doubles, so it is common to implement this like here. …

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