std::atomic<T>::fetch_add

 

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member only of atomic<Integral>(C++11) and atomic<Floating>(C++20) template specializations
	(1)
T fetch_add( T arg,              std::memory_order order = std::memory_order_seq_cst ) noexcept;
T fetch_add( T arg,              std::memory_order order = std::memory_order_seq_cst ) volatile noexcept;
member only of atomic<T*> template specialization
		(2)
T* fetch_add( std::ptrdiff_t arg,               std::memory_order order = std::memory_order_seq_cst ) noexcept;
T* fetch_add( std::ptrdiff_t arg,               std::memory_order order = std::memory_order_seq_cst ) volatile noexcept;

Atomically replaces the current value with the result of arithmetic addition of the value and arg. The operation is read-modify-write operation. Memory is affected according to the value of order.

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 be 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)

For T* types, the result may be an undefined address, but the operation otherwise has no undefined behavior. The program is ill-formed if T is not an object type.

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

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
#include <atomic>
 
std::atomic<long long> data;
void do_work()
{
    data.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
}
 
int main()
{
    std::thread th1(do_work);
    std::thread th2(do_work);
    std::thread th3(do_work);
    std::thread th4(do_work);
    std::thread th5(do_work);
 
    th1.join();
    th2.join();
    th3.join();
    th4.join();
    th5.join();
 
    std::cout << "Result:" << data << '\n';
}

Output:

Result:5

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 cv void or function	made ill-formed

See also

atomic_fetch_addatomic_fetch_add_explicit (C++11)(C++11)

adds a non-atomic value to an atomic object and obtains the previous value of the atomic (function template)