Question

Assume this code:

  static inline void inc(int64_t* atomic)
  {
    __asm__ __volatile__
    (
      "lock incq %0\n"
        : "=m" (*atomic)
        : "m" (*atomic)
    );
  }

The Clang compiler doesn’t support the lock prefix (yet?). What shall I do now?

Answer 1

Why not use the built-ins…?

static inlint void inc(int64_t* atomic) {
   __sync_add_and_fetch_8(atomic, 1);
}