<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><meta name="generator" content="rustdoc"><meta name="description" content="API documentation for the Rust `write_volatile` fn in crate `core`."><meta name="keywords" content="rust, rustlang, rust-lang, write_volatile"><title>core::ptr::write_volatile - Rust</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../normalize.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../rustdoc.css" id="mainThemeStyle"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../dark.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../light.css" id="themeStyle"><script src="../../storage.js"></script><link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico"></head><body class="rustdoc fn"><!--[if lte IE 8]><div class="warning">This old browser is unsupported and will most likely display funky things.</div><![endif]--><nav class="sidebar"><div class="sidebar-menu">☰</div><a href='../../core/index.html'><img src='https://www.rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-128x128-blk-v2.png' alt='logo' width='100'></a><div class="sidebar-elems"><p class='location'><a href='../index.html'>core</a>::<wbr><a href='index.html'>ptr</a></p><script>window.sidebarCurrent = {name: 'write_volatile', ty: 'fn', relpath: ''};</script><script defer src="sidebar-items.js"></script></div></nav><div class="theme-picker"><button id="theme-picker" aria-label="Pick another theme!"><img src="../../brush.svg" width="18" alt="Pick another theme!"></button><div id="theme-choices"></div></div><script src="../../theme.js"></script><nav class="sub"><form class="search-form js-only"><div class="search-container"><input class="search-input" name="search" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Click or press ‘S’ to search, ‘?’ for more options…" type="search"><a id="settings-menu" href="../../settings.html"><img src="../../wheel.svg" width="18" alt="Change settings"></a></div></form></nav><section id="main" class="content"><h1 class='fqn'><span class='in-band'>Function <a href='../index.html'>core</a>::<wbr><a href='index.html'>ptr</a>::<wbr><a class="fn" href=''>write_volatile</a></span><span class='out-of-band'><span class='since' title='Stable since Rust version 1.9.0'>1.9.0</span><span id='render-detail'><a id="toggle-all-docs" href="javascript:void(0)" title="collapse all docs">[<span class='inner'>−</span>]</a></span><a class='srclink' href='../../src/core/ptr.rs.html#503-505' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h1><pre class='rust fn'>pub unsafe fn write_volatile<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T)</pre><div class='docblock'><p>Performs a volatile write of a memory location with the given value without reading or dropping the old value.</p> <p>Volatile operations are intended to act on I/O memory, and are guaranteed to not be elided or reordered by the compiler across other volatile operations.</p> <h1 id="notes" class="section-header"><a href="#notes">Notes</a></h1> <p>Rust does not currently have a rigorously and formally defined memory model, so the precise semantics of what "volatile" means here is subject to change over time. That being said, the semantics will almost always end up pretty similar to <a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf">C11's definition of volatile</a>.</p> <p>The compiler shouldn't change the relative order or number of volatile memory operations. However, volatile memory operations on zero-sized types (e.g. if a zero-sized type is passed to <code>write_volatile</code>) are no-ops and may be ignored.</p> <h1 id="safety" class="section-header"><a href="#safety">Safety</a></h1> <p>This operation is marked unsafe because it accepts a raw pointer.</p> <p>It does not drop the contents of <code>dst</code>. This is safe, but it could leak allocations or resources, so care must be taken not to overwrite an object that should be dropped.</p> <p>This is appropriate for initializing uninitialized memory, or overwriting memory that has previously been <code>read</code> from.</p> <h1 id="examples" class="section-header"><a href="#examples">Examples</a></h1> <p>Basic usage:</p> <pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"> <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">x</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="number">0</span>; <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">y</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">x</span> <span class="kw">as</span> <span class="kw-2">*</span><span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">i32</span>; <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">z</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="number">12</span>; <span class="kw">unsafe</span> { <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">ptr</span>::<span class="ident">write_volatile</span>(<span class="ident">y</span>, <span class="ident">z</span>); <span class="macro">assert_eq</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">ptr</span>::<span class="ident">read_volatile</span>(<span class="ident">y</span>), <span class="number">12</span>); }<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0Alet%20mut%20x%20%3D%200%3B%0Alet%20y%20%3D%20%26mut%20x%20as%20*mut%20i32%3B%0Alet%20z%20%3D%2012%3B%0A%0Aunsafe%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20std%3A%3Aptr%3A%3Awrite_volatile(y%2C%20z)%3B%0A%20%20%20%20assert_eq!(std%3A%3Aptr%3A%3Aread_volatile(y)%2C%2012)%3B%0A%7D%0A%7D">Run</a></pre> </div></section><section id="search" class="content hidden"></section><section class="footer"></section><aside id="help" class="hidden"><div><h1 class="hidden">Help</h1><div class="shortcuts"><h2>Keyboard Shortcuts</h2><dl><dt><kbd>?</kbd></dt><dd>Show this help dialog</dd><dt><kbd>S</kbd></dt><dd>Focus the search field</dd><dt><kbd>↑</kbd></dt><dd>Move up in search results</dd><dt><kbd>↓</kbd></dt><dd>Move down in search results</dd><dt><kbd>↹</kbd></dt><dd>Switch tab</dd><dt><kbd>⏎</kbd></dt><dd>Go to active search result</dd><dt><kbd>+</kbd></dt><dd>Expand all sections</dd><dt><kbd>-</kbd></dt><dd>Collapse all sections</dd></dl></div><div class="infos"><h2>Search Tricks</h2><p>Prefix searches with a type followed by a colon (e.g. <code>fn:</code>) to restrict the search to a given type.</p><p>Accepted types are: <code>fn</code>, <code>mod</code>, <code>struct</code>, <code>enum</code>, <code>trait</code>, <code>type</code>, <code>macro</code>, and <code>const</code>.</p><p>Search functions by type signature (e.g. <code>vec -> usize</code> or <code>* -> vec</code>)</p><p>Search multiple things at once by splitting your query with comma (e.g. <code>str,u8</code> or <code>String,struct:Vec,test</code>)</p></div></div></aside><script>window.rootPath = "../../";window.currentCrate = "core";</script><script src="../../aliases.js"></script><script src="../../main.js"></script><script defer src="../../search-index.js"></script></body></html>