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Is a + b atomic operation ??

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It is possible to allocate CPU to thread2 in the mid of a + b? where a + b is in thread1.

posted Nov 6, 2013 by Vikas Upadhyay

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In C/C++ , It is not atomic operation. If you will check assembly program of this. It would be divided in getting value from registers, operation over those and storing back values. Even a++ is not atomic operation.

answer Nov 6, 2013 by Pankaj Agarwal
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Certain architectures support atomic addition or subtraction instructions, but there is no guarantee that the compiler would use them. If it is not performance-critical part of your code, you'd simply use a mutex.

answer Nov 6, 2013 by Majula Joshi
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