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CAS Loop: Double Until Even

CHALLENGE

Difficulty: advanced+25 XP

ISO C11. Implement void double_until_even(atomic_int *v) — repeatedly double *v using a compare-exchange loop until the new value is even. Every doubling must go through one atomic CAS (no plain *v = *v * 2).

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