Function
atomicMin
Lock-free implementation of x = min(x, y) .
Parameters
Integer to set to min(x, y) | |
Other integer. |
Remarks
This is equivalent to
x = min(x, y);
}
While lock-free, the function tries to update x as long as x > y in a loop and might run a long time if x is incremented continuously in another thread.
See Also
SeqAn - Sequence Analysis Library - www.seqan.de