C /C++ Lock-free (or nonblocking) Ring Buffer that OVERWRITES oldest data?
I'm trying to find a way to make a Lock Free OR Non-blocking way to make a Ring Buffer for single consumer / single consumer that will over-write the oldest data int the buffer. I've read a lot of lock-free algorithms that work when you "return false" if the buffer is full--ie, don't add; but I can't find even pseudo-code that talks about how to do it when you need to overwrite the oldest data. I am using GCC 4.1.2 (restriction at work, i can't upgrade the version...) and I have the Boost libraries, and in the past I made my own Atomic< T > variable type that follows pretty closely to the