Fix atomicFetchSub for pointers

[rymrg]

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[kinke]

Thanks! Please target stable (=> v2.095.1) and add some unittests (for both atomicFetch{Add,Sub} and testing both pointer and integer branches).

[ibuclaw]

Needs a test to validate the change.

[rymrg]

I've added the tests. I'm not familiar with git and github. How do I push this change to both stable and master?

[PetarKirov]

I'm not familiar with git and github.

The D release process is as follows:

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Once you know how your remotes are set, just the following should suffice:

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[PetarKirov]

I've created an issue on Bugzilla so this bugfix can be included automatically in the changelog. Please update the commit message to:

Fix issue 21578 - core.atomic.atomicFetchSub for pointers incorrectly calls wrong function from core.internal.atomic

For more info, check: https://github.com/dlang/dlang-bot#automated-references

[PetarKirov]

Suggested change

	@betterC pure nothrow @nogc unittest{
	shared byte* sptr = cast(byte*) 8;
	@betterC pure nothrow @nogc unittest
	{
	shared byte* sptr = cast(byte*) 8;

[PetarKirov]

Please also add a test for pointers to non single byte objects. You can do it without using casts like this:

shared(ulong)[] array = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20];
{
    shared ulong* ptr = &array[0];
    shared(ulong)* prevPtr = atomicFetchAdd(ptr, 3); 
    assert(prevPtr == &array[0]);
    assert(*prevPtr == 2);
    assert(*ptr == 8);
}
{
    shared ulong* ptr = &array[5];
    shared(ulong)* prevPtr = atomicFetchSub(ptr, 4); 
    assert(prevPtr == &array[5]);
    assert(*prevPtr == 12);
    assert(*ptr == 4); // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21578
}