#include #include #include atomic_int acnt; int cnt; int f(void* thr_data) { (void)thr_data; for(int n = 0; n < 1000; ++n) { ++cnt; ++acnt; // for this example, relaxed memory order is sufficient, e.g. // atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&acnt, 1, memory_order_relaxed); } return 0; } int main(void) { thrd_t thr[10]; for(int n = 0; n < 10; ++n) thrd_create(&thr[n], f, NULL); for(int n = 0; n < 10; ++n) thrd_join(thr[n], NULL); printf("The atomic counter is %u\n", acnt); printf("The non-atomic counter is %u\n", cnt); }