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  1. WiredTiger
  2. WT-2536

Convert shared fields to use C11 atomic types

    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
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      WiredTiger relies on certain operations being atomic. In particular, we perform loads and stores to integers up to sizeof(intptr_t) and rely on not getting torn reads.

      We should investigate using the C11 standard atomic types for such shared data:

      http://en.cppreference.com/w/c/atomic

      Most usage is straightforward, but (among other things), simple increments cause a compiler warning, forcing the use of atomic_fetch_add, which would have avoided WT-2534.

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            backlog-server-execution [DO NOT USE] Backlog - Storage Execution Team
            Reporter:
            michael.cahill@mongodb.com Michael Cahill (Inactive)
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