Microsoft Specific
Used to perform an atomic operation (in this case, the exclusive or XOR operation) on a variable shared by multiple threads.
long _InterlockedXor(
   long volatile * Value,
   long Mask
);
long _InterlockedXor_acq(
   long volatile * Value,
   long Mask
);
long _InterlockedXor_rel(
   long volatile * Value,
   long Mask
);
char _InterlockedXor8(
   char volatile * Value,
   char Mask
);
char _InterlockedXor8_acq(
   char volatile * Value,
   char Mask
);
char _InterlockedXor8_rel(
   char volatile * Value,
   char Mask
);
short _InterlockedXor16(
   short volatile * Value,
   short Mask
);
short _InterlockedXor16_acq(
   short volatile * Value,
   short Mask
);
short _InterlockedXor16_rel(
   short volatile * Value,
   short Mask
);
__int64 _InterlockedXor64(
   __int64 volatile * Value,
   __int64 Mask
);
__int64 _InterlockedXor64_acq(
   __int64 volatile * Value,
   __int64 Mask
);
__int64 _InterlockedXor64_rel(
   __int64 volatile * Value,
   __int64 Mask
);
Parameters
- [in, out] Value 
 A pointer to the first operand, to be replaced by the result.
- [in] Mask 
 The second operand.
Return Value
The original value of the first operand.
Requirements
| Intrinsic | Architecture | 
|---|---|
| _InterlockedXor | x86, IPF, x64 | 
| _InterlockedXor_acq | IPF | 
| _InterlockedXor_rel | IPF | 
| _InterlockedXor8 | x86, IPF, x64 | 
| _InterlockedXor8_acq | IPF | 
| _InterlockedXor8_rel | IPF | 
| _InterlockedXor16 | x86, IPF, x64 | 
| _InterlockedXor16_acq | IPF | 
| _InterlockedXor16_rel | IPF | 
| _InterlockedXor64 | IPF, x64 | 
| _InterlockedXor64_acq | IPF | 
| _InterlockedXor64_rel | IPF | 
Header file <intrin.h>
Remarks
The number in the name of each function specifies the bit size of the arguments.
In Visual C++ 2005, these functions behave as read-write memory barriers. For more information, see _ReadWriteBarrier.
The IPF-specific _InterlockedXor_acq, _InterlockedXor8_acq, _InterlockedXor16_acq, and _InterlockedXor64_acq intrinsic functions are the same as the corresponding functions without the acq suffix except that the operation is performed with acquire semantics, which is useful when entering a critical section.
The _InterlockedXor_rel, _InterlockedXor8_rel, _InterlockedXor16_rel, and _InterlockedXor64_rel intrinsic functions are the same as the corresponding functions without the rel suffix except that the operation is performed with release semantics, which is useful when leaving a critical section.
Example
// _InterLockedXor.cpp
#include <stdio.h>
#include <intrin.h>
#pragma intrinsic(_InterlockedXor)
int main()
{
        long data1 = 0xFF00FF00;
        long data2 = 0x00FFFF00;
        long retval;
        retval = _InterlockedXor(&data1, data2);
        printf_s("0x%x 0x%x 0x%x", data1, data2, retval); 
}
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