atomicPointerSet

Sets the value of atomic to newval.

This call acts as a full compiler and hardware memory barrier (after the set).

While atomic has a volatile qualifier, this is a historical artifact and the pointer passed to it should not be volatile.

void
atomicPointerSet
(
void* atomic
,
void* newval = null
)

Parameters

atomic void*

a pointer to a #gpointer-sized value

newval void*

a new value to store