C++ Thread Safe Integer

Question

I have currently created a C++ class for a thread safe integer which simply stores an integer privately and has public get a set functions which use a boost::mutex to ensure tha

Answer 1

As you're using GCC, and depending on what operations you want to perform on the integer, you might get away with GCC's atomic builtins.

These might be a bit faster than mutexes, but in some cases still a lot slower than "normal" operations.