This article explains how to implement performance critical reference counting in C/C++ program, using atomic variables and gcc. Enjoy it. Read the article here.

Table of contents Introduction What reference counting needed for? This is how we will use atomic variables to count references to objects The naive approach The RCU approach Where atomic variables coming from? Conclusion IntroductionBACK TO TOC Lets say we have a data structure that manages objects and we would like to manipulate the data […]

Table of contents Introduction What reference counting needed for? This is how we will use atomic variables to count references to objects The naive approach The RCU approach Where atomic variables coming from? Conclusion Introduction How atomic variables work Atomic variables size limitations Use cases The real thing… Time to see some action Precautions Conslusion […]