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<h2>Name</h2>

<p>atomicMax — perform an atomic max operation to a variable</p>

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<h2>Declaration</h2>

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<code class="funcdef">int <strong class="fsfunc">atomicMax</strong>(</code>

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<td>inout int <var class="pdparam">mem</var>, </td>

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<td>int <var class="pdparam">data</var><code>)</code>;</td>

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<code class="funcdef">uint <strong class="fsfunc">atomicMax</strong>(</code>

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<td>inout uint <var class="pdparam">mem</var>, </td>

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<td>uint <var class="pdparam">data</var><code>)</code>;</td>

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<h2>Parameters</h2>

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<code>mem</code>

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The variable to use as the target of the operation.

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<code>data</code>

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The data to be compared to <em class="parameter"><code>mem</code></em>.

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<div class="refsect1" id="description">

<h2>Description</h2>

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<code class="function">atomicMax</code> performs an atomic comparison of <em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> to the contents of

<em class="parameter"><code>mem</code></em>, writes the maximum value into <em class="parameter"><code>mem</code></em> and returns the original contents of <em class="parameter"><code>mem</code></em>

from before the comparison occured. The contents of the memory being updated by the atomic operation are

guaranteed not to be modified by any other assignment or atomic memory function in any shader

invocation between the time the original value is read and the time the new value is written.

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Atomic memory functions are supported only for a limited set of variables. A shader will fail to compile

if the value passed to the mem argument of an atomic memory function does not correspond to a buffer or

shared variable. It is acceptable to pass an element of an array or a single component of a vector to the

mem argument of an atomic memory function, as long as the underlying array or vector is a buffer or

shared variable.

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<h2>Version Support</h2>

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<span class="bold"><strong>OpenGL ES Shading Language Version</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>Function Name</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>1.00</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>3.00</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>3.10</strong></span>

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<code class="function">atomicMax</code>

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<div class="refsect1" id="seealso">

<h2>See Also</h2>

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<a class="citerefentry" href="atomicAdd"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">atomicAdd</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="atomicAnd"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">atomicAnd</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="atomicOr"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">atomicOr</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="atomicXor"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">atomicXor</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="atomicMin"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">atomicMin</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="atomicExchange"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">atomicExchange</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="atomicCompSwap"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">atomicCompSwap</span></span></a>

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<div class="refsect1" id="Copyright">

<h2>Copyright</h2>

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Copyright © 2011-2014 Khronos Group.

This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in

the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999.

<a class="link" href="https://opencontent.org/openpub/" target="_top">https://opencontent.org/openpub/</a>.

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