### Function

# GLib atomic_pointer_get

since: 2.4

#### Declaration

    gpointer
    g_atomic_pointer_get (
      void* atomic
    )

#### Description

Gets the current value of `atomic`.

This call acts as a full compiler and hardware memory barrier (before the get).

While `atomic` has a `volatile` qualifier, this is a historical artifact and the pointer passed to it should not be `volatile`.

Available since: 2.4

#### Parameters

`atomic`

  Type: `void*`

  A pointer to a #gpointer-sized value.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.

#### Return value

Type: `gpointer`

The value of the pointer.

The data is owned by the called function.
The return value can be `NULL`.