Are there any objections to this patch? I find the function easier to parse in this form and it allows it to be constexpr. Maybe more importantly, it determines the memory order to be used by compare_exchange_xxx on failure so I think __cmpexch_failure_order is a more descriptive name than __calculate_memory_order.
* include/bits/atomic_base.h (__calculate_memory_order): Rename to... (__cmpexch_failure_order): This, and rewrite as constexpr function. (compare_exchange_strong, compare_exchange_weak): Use it. * include/std/atomic (compare_exchange_strong, compare_exchange_weak): Likewise. Tested x86_64-linux.
Index: include/bits/atomic_base.h =================================================================== --- include/bits/atomic_base.h (revision 181967) +++ include/bits/atomic_base.h (working copy) @@ -59,14 +59,12 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION memory_order_seq_cst } memory_order; - inline memory_order - __calculate_memory_order(memory_order __m) noexcept + // Drop release ordering as per [atomics.types.operations.req]/21 + constexpr memory_order + __cmpexch_failure_order(memory_order __m) noexcept { - const bool __cond1 = __m == memory_order_release; - const bool __cond2 = __m == memory_order_acq_rel; - memory_order __mo1(__cond1 ? memory_order_relaxed : __m); - memory_order __mo2(__cond2 ? memory_order_acquire : __mo1); - return __mo2; + return __m == memory_order_acq_rel ? memory_order_acquire + : __m == memory_order_release ? memory_order_relaxed : __m; } inline void @@ -505,7 +503,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION memory_order __m = memory_order_seq_cst) noexcept { return compare_exchange_weak(__i1, __i2, __m, - __calculate_memory_order(__m)); + __cmpexch_failure_order(__m)); } bool @@ -513,7 +511,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION memory_order __m = memory_order_seq_cst) volatile noexcept { return compare_exchange_weak(__i1, __i2, __m, - __calculate_memory_order(__m)); + __cmpexch_failure_order(__m)); } bool @@ -544,7 +542,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION memory_order __m = memory_order_seq_cst) noexcept { return compare_exchange_strong(__i1, __i2, __m, - __calculate_memory_order(__m)); + __cmpexch_failure_order(__m)); } bool @@ -552,7 +550,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION memory_order __m = memory_order_seq_cst) volatile noexcept { return compare_exchange_strong(__i1, __i2, __m, - __calculate_memory_order(__m)); + __cmpexch_failure_order(__m)); } __int_type Index: include/std/atomic =================================================================== --- include/std/atomic (revision 181967) +++ include/std/atomic (working copy) @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION memory_order __m = memory_order_seq_cst) noexcept { return compare_exchange_weak(__p1, __p2, __m, - __calculate_memory_order(__m)); + __cmpexch_failure_order(__m)); } bool @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION memory_order __m = memory_order_seq_cst) volatile noexcept { return compare_exchange_weak(__p1, __p2, __m, - __calculate_memory_order(__m)); + __cmpexch_failure_order(__m)); } bool @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION memory_order __m = memory_order_seq_cst) noexcept { return _M_b.compare_exchange_strong(__p1, __p2, __m, - __calculate_memory_order(__m)); + __cmpexch_failure_order(__m)); } bool @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION memory_order __m = memory_order_seq_cst) volatile noexcept { return _M_b.compare_exchange_strong(__p1, __p2, __m, - __calculate_memory_order(__m)); + __cmpexch_failure_order(__m)); } __pointer_type