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2025-08-11
(From submission #654.)
Subclause 6.10.2.2 [intro.races] paragraph 22 specifies:
Two accesses to the same object of type volatile std::sig_atomic_t do not result in a data race if both occur in the same thread, even if one or more occurs in a signal handler. ...
This provision applies to bit-fields as well, because bit-fields are objects (6.9.1 [basic.types.general] paragraph 4). However, in practice bit-fields are not updated atomically and are subject to tearing.
Proposed resolution (2025-01-20, approved by CWG 2025-02-14):
Change in 6.10.2.2 [intro.races] paragraph 22 as follows:
Two accesses to the same non-bit-field object of type volatile std::sig_atomic_t do not result in a data race if both occur in the same thread, even if one or more occurs in a signal handler. ...