PR_AtomicIncrement

Atomically increments a 32-bit value.

Syntax

#include <pratom.h>

PRInt32 PR_AtomicIncrement(PRInt32 *val);

Parameter

The function has the following parameter:

val: A pointer to the value to increment.

Returns

The function returns the incremented value (i.e., the result).

Description

The referenced variable is incremented by one. The result of the function is the value of the memory after the operation. The writing of the memory is unconditional.