Merge branch 'embb471_basecpp_atomic' into development

base_cpp/include/embb/base/atomic.h

@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ class Atomic<BaseType*> : public embb::base::internal::atomic::
  public:
   Atomic() : embb::base::internal::atomic::
     AtomicPointer<BaseType, ptrdiff_t, sizeof(BaseType*)>() {}
-  Atomic(BaseType* p) : embb::base::internal::atomic::
+  explicit Atomic(BaseType* p) : embb::base::internal::atomic::
     AtomicPointer<BaseType, ptrdiff_t, sizeof(BaseType*)>(p) {}
 
   BaseType* operator=(BaseType* p) {

base_cpp/include/embb/base/internal/atomic/atomic_base.h

@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ CompareAndSwap(BaseType& expected, BaseType desired) {
     compare_and_swap(&AtomicValue, &native_expected, native_desired)) !=0
     ? true : false;
 
-  if (!return_val)
-    expected = Load();
+  memcpy(&expected, &native_expected, sizeof(expected));
 
   return return_val;
 }

base_cpp/include/embb/base/internal/atomic/atomic_pointer.h

@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class AtomicPointer : public AtomicArithmetic<BaseType*, DifferenceType, S> {
   bool IsPointer() const;
 
   // The methods below are documented in atomic.h
-  BaseType* operator->();
-  BaseType& operator*();
+  BaseType* operator->() const;
+  BaseType& operator*() const;
 };
 
 template<typename BaseType, typename DifferenceType, size_t S>
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ inline bool AtomicPointer<BaseType, DifferenceType, S>::
 
 template<typename BaseType, typename DifferenceType, size_t S>
 inline BaseType* AtomicPointer<BaseType, DifferenceType, S>::
-  operator->() {
+  operator->() const {
   return this->Load();
 }
 
 template<typename BaseType, typename DifferenceType, size_t S>
 inline BaseType& AtomicPointer<BaseType, DifferenceType, S>::
-  operator*() {
+  operator*() const {
   return *(this->Load());
 }