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1.2. Atomic and pointer manipulation

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atomic_read --  read atomic variable
atomic_set --  set atomic variable
atomic_add --  add integer to atomic variable
atomic_sub --  subtract the atomic variable
atomic_sub_and_test --  subtract value from variable and test result
atomic_inc --  increment atomic variable
atomic_dec --  decrement atomic variable
atomic_dec_and_test --  decrement and test
atomic_inc_and_test --  increment and test
atomic_add_negative --  add and test if negative
get_unaligned --  get value from possibly mis-aligned location
put_unaligned --  put value to a possibly mis-aligned location
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