The Cortex-M4 processor PM0214
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2.2.8 Programming hints for the synchronization primitives
ISO/IEC C cannot directly generate the exclusive access instructions. CMSIS provides
intrinsic functions for generation of these instructions:
For example:
uint16_t value;
uint16_t *address = 0x20001002;
value = __LDREXH (address); // load 16-bit value from memory address
//0x20001002
Table 16. CMSIS functions for exclusive access instructions
Instruction CMSIS function
LDREX uint32_t __LDREXW (uint32_t *addr)
LDREXH uint16_t __LDREXH (uint16_t *addr)
LDREXB uint8_t __LDREXB (uint8_t *addr)
STREX uint32_t __STREXW (uint32_t value, uint32_t *addr)
STREXH uint32_t __STREXH (uint16_t value, uint16_t *addr)
STREXB uint32_t __STREXB (uint8_t value, uint8_t *addr)
CLREX void __CLREX (void)