std::atomic<T>:: fetch_add

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member only of atomic< Integral  > specializations
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T fetch_add ( T arg, std:: memory_order order =
std:: memory_order_seq_cst ) noexcept ;
(1) (since C++11)
T fetch_add ( T arg, std:: memory_order order =
std:: memory_order_seq_cst ) volatile noexcept ;
(2) (since C++11)
member only of atomic<T*> partial specialization
(3) (since C++11)
T * fetch_add ( std:: ptrdiff_t arg,

std:: memory_order order =

std:: memory_order_seq_cst ) volatile noexcept ;
(4) (since C++11)

Atomically replaces the current value with the result of arithmetic addition of the value and arg . That is, it performs atomic post-increment. The operation is a read-modify-write operation. Memory is affected according to the value of order .

1,2) For signed integral types, arithmetic is defined to use two’s complement representation. There are no undefined results.

For floating-point types, the floating-point environment in effect may be different from the calling thread's floating-point environment. The operation need not conform to the corresponding std::numeric_limits traits but is encouraged to do so. If the result is not a representable value for its type, the result is unspecified but the operation otherwise has no undefined behavior.

(since C++20)
3,4) The result may be an undefined address, but the operation otherwise has no undefined behavior.
If T is not a complete object type, the program is ill-formed.


It is deprecated if std:: atomic < T > :: is_always_lock_free is false and overload (2) or (4) participates in overload resolution.

(since C++20)

Parameters

arg - the other argument of arithmetic addition
order - memory order constraints to enforce

Return value

The value immediately preceding the effects of this function in the modification order of * this .

Example

#include <array>
#include <atomic>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
 
std::atomic<long long> data{10};
std::array<long long, 5> return_values{};
 
void do_work(int thread_num)
{
    long long val = data.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
    return_values[thread_num] = val;
}
 
int main()
{
    {
        std::jthread th0{do_work, 0};
        std::jthread th1{do_work, 1};
        std::jthread th2{do_work, 2};
        std::jthread th3{do_work, 3};
        std::jthread th4{do_work, 4};
    }
 
    std::cout << "Result : " << data << '\n';
 
    for (long long val : return_values)
        std::cout << "Seen return value : " << val << std::endl;
}

Possible output:

Result : 15
Seen return value : 11
Seen return value : 10
Seen return value : 14
Seen return value : 12
Seen return value : 13

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR Applied to Behavior as published Correct behavior
P0558R1 C++11 arithmetic permitted on pointers to (possibly cv-qualified) void or function made ill-formed

See also

adds a non-atomic value to an atomic object and obtains the previous value of the atomic
(function template)
increments or decrements the atomic value by one
(public member function)