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.Dd April 15, 2013
.Dt ck_pr_load 3
.Sh NAME
.Nm ck_pr_load
.Nd atomic volatile load operation
.Sh LIBRARY
Concurrency Kit (libck, \-lck)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In ck_pr.h
.Ft void *
.Fn ck_pr_load_ptr "const void *target"
.Ft double
.Fn ck_pr_load_double "const double *target"
.Ft unsigned int
.Fn ck_pr_load_uint "const unsigned int *target"
.Ft int
.Fn ck_pr_load_int "const int *target"
.Ft char
.Fn ck_pr_load_char "const char *target"
.Ft uint64_t
.Fn ck_pr_load_64 "const uint64_t *target"
.Ft uint32_t
.Fn ck_pr_load_32 "const uint32_t *target"
.Ft uint16_t
.Fn ck_pr_load_16 "const uint16_t *target"
.Ft uint8_t
.Fn ck_pr_load_8 "const uint8_t *target"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The 
.Fn ck_pr_load 3
family of functions atomically loads the value
pointed to by
.Fa target
and returns it. This family of functions always
serves as an implicit compiler barrier and is not
susceptible to re-ordering by the compiler.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
This family of functions returns the value contained
in the location pointed to by the first argument.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ck_pr_fence_load 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_fence_load_depends 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_fence_store 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_fence_memory 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_add 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_store 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_fas 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_faa 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_inc 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_dec 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_neg 3 , 
.Xr ck_pr_not 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_sub 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_and 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_or 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_xor 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_cas 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_btc 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_bts 3 ,
.Xr ck_pr_btr 3
.Pp
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