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<h2 id="top">shmem_int_finc</h2>
<h4>Purpose</h4>
<p>Performs an atomic fetch-and-increment operation on a symmetric data object.
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<h4>C syntax</h4>
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#include &lt;shmem.h&gt;
int shmem_int_finc(int *target, int pe);
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<h4>Parameters</h4>
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<dt class="bold">INPUT</dt>
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<dt class="bold ">target</dt>
<dd>The remotely accessible integer data object to be updated on the PE.
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<dt class="bold ">pe</dt>
<dd>An integer indicating the PE number on which target is to be
updated.
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<h4>Description</h4>
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<p>The shmem_int_finc routine performs an atomic fetch-and-increment operation. It increments the
data objet pointed by target on PE specified by pe and returns the previous contents
of target as an atomic operation. </p>
<p>The shmem_int_finc operates on integer data object.</p>
<p>The atomic accessing of the shared variable is guaranteed only when that variable is updated solely using IBM openshmem functions.</p>
<h4>IBM NOTES</h4>
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<p>To utilize the hardware atomic operations support of the PERCS system, the variables of these operations should be aligned with their natural byte alignments. For example, an int variable should be 4-byte aligned; a long long variable should be 8-byte aligned. If the participating variables are not aligned, the operation is done in software with sub-optimal performance</p>
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<h4>C examples</h4>
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<h4>Related information</h4>
<p>Subroutines: shmem_inc
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