Atomics.waitAsync()

typedArray

A shared Int32Array or BigInt64Array.

index

The position in the typedArray to wait on.

value

The expected value to test.

timeout Optional

Time to wait in milliseconds. Infinity, if no time is provided.

A Promise that resolves to one of the following result objects:

{ async: false, value: 'ok' }
{ async: false, value: 'not-equal' } 
{ async: false, value: 'timed-out' }
{ async: true, value: promise }

Given a shared Int32Array.

const sab = new SharedArrayBuffer(1024);
const int32 = new Int32Array(sab);

A reading thread is sleeping and waiting on location 0 which is expected to be 0. The result promise is returned immediately.

const result = Atomics.waitAsync(int32, 0, 0, 1000);
// { async: true, value: promise }

In the reading thread or in another thread, the memory location 0 is called and the promise can be resolved with "ok".

Atomics.notify(int32, 0);
// { async: false, value: "ok" }

If it isn't resolving to "ok", the value in the shared memory location wasn't the expected (the promise will resolve to "not-equal") or the timeout was reached (the promise will resolve to "time-out").

• Atomics
• Atomics.wait()
• Atomics.notify()