# atomic_fetch_xor, atomic_fetch_xor_explicit

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Defined in header `<stdatomic.h>` |  |
C atomic_fetch_xor( volatile A* obj, M arg ); | (1) | (since C11)
C atomic_fetch_xor_explicit( volatile A* obj, M arg, memory_order order ); | (2) | (since C11)

Atomically replaces the value pointed by `obj` with the result of bitwise XOR between the old value of `obj` and `arg`, and returns the value `obj` held previously. The operation is read-modify-write operation. The first version orders memory accesses according to memory_order_seq_cst, the second version orders memory accesses according to `order`.

This is a generic function defined for all atomic object types `A`. The argument is pointer to a volatile atomic type to accept addresses of both non-volatile and volatile (e.g. memory-mapped I/O) atomic variables.`M` is either the non-atomic type corresponding to `A` if `A` is atomic integer type, or ptrdiff_t if `A` is atomic pointer type.

### Parameters

obj | - | pointer to the atomic object to modify
arg | - | the value to bitwise XOR to the value stored in the atomic object
order | - | the memory synchronization ordering for this operation: all values are permitted

### Return value

The value held previously be the atomic object pointed to by `obj`.

### References

- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

  - 7.17.7.5 The atomic_fetch and modify generic functions (p: 284-285)

### See also

atomic_fetch_and atomic_fetch_and_explicit (C11) | atomic logical AND (function)
atomic_fetch_xor atomic_fetch_xor_explicit (C11) | atomic logical exclusive OR (function)
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