twice.
</p>

<h3 id="atomic">Atomic Values</h3>

<p>
The APIs in the <a href="/pkg/sync/atomic/"><code>sync/atomic</code></a>
package are collectively “atomic operations”
that can be used to synchronize the execution of different goroutines.
If the effect of an atomic operation <i>A</i> is observed by atomic operation <i>B</i>,
then <i>A</i> is synchronized before <i>B</i>.

and <code>WORD</code> directives
to lay down explicit data into the instruction stream within a <code>TEXT</code>.
Here's how the 386 runtime defines the 64-bit atomic load function.
</p>

<pre>
// uint64 atomicload64(uint64 volatile* addr);
// so actually
// void atomicload64(uint64 *res, uint64 volatile *addr);
TEXT runtime·atomicload64(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-12