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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T01:01:18+00:00 2026-05-14T01:01:18+00:00

Is OSCompareAndSwap is immune to ABA problem like CMPXCHG8B?

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Is OSCompareAndSwap is immune to ABA problem like CMPXCHG8B?

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    2026-05-14T01:01:18+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2026 at 1:01 am

    It all depends on the implementation. OSCompareAndSwap* is only an interface which guarantee an atomic CAS operator (if the CPU supports it).

    For x86 this function for 64-bit is implemented as

    _OSCompareAndSwap64:
        pushl       %edi
        pushl       %ebx
    
        movl         4+8(%esp), %eax    #; low 32-bits of oldValue
        movl         8+8(%esp), %edx    #; high 32-bits of oldValue
        movl        12+8(%esp), %ebx    #; low 32-bits of newValue
        movl        16+8(%esp), %ecx    #; high 32-bits of newValue
        movl        20+8(%esp), %edi    #; ptr
        lock
        cmpxchg8b   0(%edi)     #; CAS (eax:edx, ebx:ecx implicit)
        sete        %al         #; did CAS succeed? (TZ=1)
        movzbl      %al, %eax       #; clear out the high bytes
    
        popl        %ebx
        popl        %edi
        ret
    

    so the answer for you probably is “yes”.

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