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From Rust to Reality: The Hidden Journey of fetch_max | QuestDB

A compiler deep-dive tracing Rustโ€™s AtomicU64::fetch_max from macro expansion and rustc intrinsics through LLVMโ€™s atomicrmw umax and AtomicExpandPass to the final x86-64 CAS loop

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From Rust to Reality: The Hidden Journey of fetch_max | QuestDB

A compiler deep-dive tracing Rustโ€™s AtomicU64::fetch_max from macro expansion and rustc intrinsics through LLVMโ€™s atomicrmw umax and AtomicExpandPass to the final x86-64 CAS loop

QuestDB