Swapping two unique_ptrs is not guaranteed to be threadsafe. std::unique_ptr<T> a, b; std::swap(a, b); // not threadsafe Since I need atomic pointer swaps and since I like the ownership ha...

Is in the new standard C++ atomic increment operation with the check preconditions before the incremented the value, that the atomic value was less than the specified value? Can I do it easier and...

Is there any way to implement a type of reference whose value can be exchanged with another atomically? In Java we have AtomicReference which can be swapped with a local variable but not with an...

I want to verify that my understanding is correct. This kind of thing is tricky so I'm almost sure I am missing something. I have a program consisting of a real-time thread and a non-real-time thre...