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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion libcxx/include/__atomic/atomic_ref.h
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Expand Up @@ -95,10 +95,14 @@ struct __atomic_ref_base {

friend struct __atomic_waitable_traits<__atomic_ref_base<_Tp>>;

// require types that are 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 bytes in length to be aligned to at least their size to be potentially
// used lock-free
static constexpr size_t __min_alignment = (sizeof(_Tp) & (sizeof(_Tp) - 1)) || (sizeof(_Tp) > 16) ? 0 : sizeof(_Tp);

public:
using value_type = _Tp;

static constexpr size_t required_alignment = alignof(_Tp);
static constexpr size_t required_alignment = alignof(_Tp) > __min_alignment ? alignof(_Tp) : __min_alignment;
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I think we should calculate the alignment using something like this?

template <class T>
constexpr size_t calc_alignment() {
    size_t align = alignof(T);
    while (align <= alignof(max_align_t)) {
        if (__atomic_always_lock_free(sizeof(T), align))
            return align;
        align *= 2;
    }
    return alignof(T);
}

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I really like this, I think this directly translates to what we are actually trying to achieve (which is to calculate the smallest alignment that allows us to be lockfree).

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That is not a valid implementation, because it causes the ABI of the type to change depending on the microarchitecture selection.

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TIL


// The __atomic_always_lock_free builtin takes into account the alignment of the pointer if provided,
// so we create a fake pointer with a suitable alignment when querying it. Note that we are guaranteed
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