SpinLock Class Reference

A simple implementation of a spin lock using the std::atomic_flag which is guaranteed to be atomic and lock free. More...

#include <SpinLock.h>

Classes
class	Lock

Public Member Functions
Lock	acquire ()
SpinLock &	operator= (SpinLock const &)=delete
	SpinLock ()
	SpinLock (SpinLock const &)=delete

Private Member Functions
void	unlock ()

Private Attributes
std::atomic_flag	fFlag

Friends
class	Lock

Detailed Description

A simple implementation of a spin lock using the std::atomic_flag which is guaranteed to be atomic and lock free.

The usage is the following:

auto lock = spinLock.acquire(); ...

the lock is released automatically when it exits the scope.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SpinLock() [1/2]

SpinLock ( )

inline

SpinLock() [2/2]

SpinLock ( SpinLock const &  )

delete

Member Function Documentation

acquire()

Lock acquire ( )

inline

Returns

the lock that will be released when it goes out of scope

operator=()

SpinLock& operator= ( SpinLock const &  )

delete

unlock()

void unlock ( )

inlineprivate

Friends And Related Function Documentation

Lock

friend class Lock

friend

Member Data Documentation

fFlag

std::atomic_flag fFlag

private

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• pongasoft/Utils/Concurrent/SpinLock.h