OSDecrementAtomic16
16-bit decrement operation, performed atomically with respect to all devices that participate in the coherency architecture of the platform.
Declaration
SInt16 OSDecrementAtomic16(volatile SInt16 *address);Parameters
- address:
The 2-byte aligned address of the value to update atomically.
Return Value
The value before the decrement.
Discussion
The OSDecrementAtomic16 function decrements the value at the specified address by one and returns the original value.
This function guarantees atomicity only with main system memory. It is specifically unsuitable for use on noncacheable memory such as that in devices; this function cannot guarantee atomicity, for example, on memory mapped from a PCI device. Previous incarnations of this function incorporated a memory barrier on systems with weakly-ordered memory architectures, but current versions contain no barriers.