freebsd-ports/devel/libatomic_ops/pkg-descr
Rodrigo Osorio e84091190e Update port to 7.6.0
Multiple changes, fixes and workarounds
see https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/releases/tag/v7.6.0
2017-08-03 11:32:22 +00:00

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This package provides semi-portable access to hardware provided atomic memory
operations. These might allow you to write code:
- That does more interesting things in signal handlers
- Makes more effective use of multiprocessors by allowing you to write
clever lock-free code. Note that such code is very difficult to get
right, and will unavoidably be less portable than lock-based code. It
is also not always faster than lock-based code. But it may occasionally
be a large performance win
- To experiment with new and much better thread programming paradigms, etc.
For details and licensing restrictions, please see the documentation.
WWW: https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/