# atomic-maybe-uninit
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Atomic operations on potentially uninitialized integers.
## Motivation
Copying types containing uninitialized bytes (e.g., padding), via the standard library's atomic types is [undefined behavior because the copy goes through integers][undefined-behavior].
This crate provides a way to soundly perform such operations.
## Platform Support
Currently, x86, x86_64, Arm, AArch64, RISC-V, LoongArch64, Arm64EC, s390x, MIPS, PowerPC, MSP430, AVR, SPARC, Hexagon, M68k, and Xtensa are supported.
| target_arch | primitives | load/store | swap/CAS |
| x86_64 | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32,i64,u64 | ✓ | ✓ |
| x86_64 (+cmpxchg16b) \[2] | i128,u128 | ✓ | ✓ |
| arm (v6+ or Linux/Android) | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32 | ✓ | ✓\[1] |
| arm (except for M-profile) \[3] | i64,u64 | ✓ | ✓ |
| aarch64 | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32,i64,u64,i128,u128 | ✓ | ✓ |
| riscv32 | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32 | ✓ | ✓\[1] |
| riscv64 | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32,i64,u64 | ✓ | ✓\[1] |
| loongarch64 \[6] | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32,i64,u64 | ✓ | ✓ |
| arm64ec \[7] | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32,i64,u64,i128,u128 | ✓ | ✓ |
| s390x \[7] | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32,i64,u64,i128,u128 | ✓ | ✓ |
| mips / mips32r6 \[8] | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32 | ✓ | ✓ |
| mips64 / mips64r6 \[8] | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32,i64,u64 | ✓ | ✓ |
| powerpc \[8] | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32 | ✓ | ✓ |
| powerpc64 \[8] | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32,i64,u64 | ✓ | ✓ |
| powerpc64 (+quadword-atomics) \[4] \[8]| i128,u128 | ✓ | ✓ |
| msp430 \[8] (experimental) | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16 | ✓ | ✓ |
| avr \[8] (experimental) | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16 | ✓ | ✓ |
| sparc \[5] \[8] (experimental) | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32 | ✓ | ✓ |
| sparc64 \[8] (experimental) | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32,i64,u64 | ✓ | ✓ |
| hexagon \[8] (experimental) | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32,i64,u64 | ✓ | ✓ |
| m68k \[8] (experimental) | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32 | ✓ | ✓\[1] |
| xtensa \[8] (experimental) | isize,usize,i8,u8,i16,u16,i32,u32 | ✓ | ✓\[1] |
\[1] Arm's atomic RMW operations are not available on v6-m (thumbv6m). RISC-V's atomic RMW operations are not available on targets without the A (or G which means IMAFD) extension such as riscv32i, riscv32imc, etc. M68k's atomic RMW operations requires target-cpu M68020+ (Linux is M68020 by default). Xtensa's atomic RMW operations are not available on esp32s2.<br>
\[2] Requires `cmpxchg16b` target feature (enabled by default on Apple and Windows (except Windows 7) targets).<br>
\[3] Armv6+ or Linux/Android, except for M-profile architecture such as thumbv6m, thumbv7m, etc.<br>
\[4] Requires `quadword-atomics` target feature (enabled by default on powerpc64le).<br>
\[5] Requires `v9` or `leoncasa` target feature (enabled by default on Linux).<br>
\[6] Requires Rust 1.72+.<br>
\[7] Requires Rust 1.84+.<br>
\[8] Requires nightly due to `#![feature(asm_experimental_arch)]`.<br>
See also [Atomic operation overview by architecture](https://github.com/taiki-e/atomic-maybe-uninit/blob/HEAD/src/arch/README.md) for more information about atomic operations in these architectures.
Feel free to submit an issue if your target is not supported yet.
## Related Projects
- [portable-atomic]: Portable atomic types including support for 128-bit atomics, atomic float, etc.
- [atomic-memcpy]: Byte-wise atomic memcpy.
[atomic-memcpy]: https://github.com/taiki-e/atomic-memcpy
[portable-atomic]: https://github.com/taiki-e/portable-atomic
[undefined-behavior]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/behavior-considered-undefined.html
## License
Licensed under either of [Apache License, Version 2.0](LICENSE-APACHE) or
[MIT license](LICENSE-MIT) at your option.
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
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