Name        : libatomic_ops                Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 7.2d                              Vendor: ALT Linux Team
Release     : alt1                          Build Date: Sat Sep  1 18:38:58 2012
Install date: (not installed)               Build Host: ldv.hasher.altlinux.org
Group       : Development/C                 Source RPM: (none)
Size        : 232421                           License: GPLv2+ and MIT
Packager    : Sergey Bolshakov <sbolshakov@altlinux.ru>
URL         : http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/atomic_ops/
Summary     : A library for accessing hardware provided atomic memory operations
Description :
This package provides semi-portable access to hardware provided
atomic memory operations.  These might allow you to write code:

- That does more interesting things in signal handlers.
- Makes more effective use of multiprocessors by allowing you to write
  clever lock-free code.  Note that such code is very difficult to get
  right, and will unavoidably be less portable than lock-based code.  It
  ia also not always faster than lock-based code.  But it may occasionally
  be a large performance win.
- To experiment with new and much better thread programming paradigms, etc.