atomic_inc_return.h File Reference

#include <sync_utils.h>
#include <atomic.h>

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static __inline int	_atomic_inc_return (atomic_ea_t v)

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Function Documentation

static __inline int _atomic_inc_return

(

atomic_ea_t

v

)

[static]

atomic_inc_return - atomically increment a counter and return previous. : handle to effective address of counter.

Atomically increment a counter in system memory. The only restriction is that must be word aligned.

This routine implements the "fetch and increment" primitive that is described in "Book I PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture"

Returns the previous value from system memory.

References _atomic_modify().