Defined in header <atomic> | ||
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template< class T > T kill_dependency( T y ) noexcept; | (since C++11) |
Informs the compiler that the dependency tree started by an std::memory_order_consume atomic load operation does not extend past the return value of std::kill_dependency; that is, the argument does not carry a dependency into the return value.
This may be used to avoid unnecessary std::memory_order_acquire fences when the dependency chain leaves function scope (and the function does not have the [[carries_dependency]] attribute).
| y | - | the expression whose return value is to be removed from a dependency tree |
Returns y, no longer a part of a dependency tree.
//file1.cpp
struct foo { int* a; int* b; };
std::atomic<struct foo*> foo_head[10];
int foo_array[10][10];
// consume operation starts a dependency chain, which escapes this function
[[carries_dependency]] struct foo* f(int i) {
return foo_head[i].load(memory_order_consume);
}
// the dependency chain enters this function through the right parameter
// and is killed before the function ends (so no extra acquire operation takes place)
int g(int* x, int* y [[carries_dependency]]) {
return std::kill_dependency(foo_array[*x][*y]);
}//file2.cpp
[[carries_dependency]] struct foo* f(int i);
int g(int* x, int* y [[carries_dependency]]);
int c = 3;
void h(int i) {
struct foo* p;
p = f(i); // dependency chain started inside f continues into p without undue acquire
do_something_with(g(&c, p->a)); // p->b is not brought in from the cache
do_something_with(g(p->a, &c)); // left argument does not have the carries_dependency
// attribute: memory acquire fence may be issued
// p->b becomes visible before g() is entered
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(C++11) | defines memory ordering constraints for the given atomic operation (enum) |
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