1 #ifndef BOOST_MEMORY_ORDER_HPP_INCLUDED
2 #define BOOST_MEMORY_ORDER_HPP_INCLUDED
3 
4 // MS compatible compilers support #pragma once
5 
6 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1020)
7 # pragma once
8 #endif
9 
10 //  boost/memory_order.hpp
11 //
12 //  Defines enum boost::memory_order per the C++0x working draft
13 //
14 //  Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Peter Dimov
15 //
16 //  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
17 //  See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
18 //  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
19 
20 
21 namespace boost
22 {
23 
24 //
25 // Enum values are chosen so that code that needs to insert
26 // a trailing fence for acquire semantics can use a single
27 // test such as:
28 //
29 // if( mo & memory_order_acquire ) { ...fence... }
30 //
31 // For leading fences one can use:
32 //
33 // if( mo & memory_order_release ) { ...fence... }
34 //
35 // Architectures such as Alpha that need a fence on consume
36 // can use:
37 //
38 // if( mo & ( memory_order_acquire | memory_order_consume ) ) { ...fence... }
39 //
40 // The values are also in the order of increasing "strength"
41 // of the fences so that success/failure orders can be checked
42 // efficiently in compare_exchange methods.
43 //
44 
45 enum memory_order
46 {
47     memory_order_relaxed = 0,
48     memory_order_consume = 1,
49     memory_order_acquire = 2,
50     memory_order_release = 4,
51     memory_order_acq_rel = 6, // acquire | release
52     memory_order_seq_cst = 14 // acq_rel | 8
53 };
54 
55 } // namespace boost
56 
57 #endif // #ifndef BOOST_MEMORY_ORDER_HPP_INCLUDED
58