Add //pkg/sync:generic_atomicptr.

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Change-Id: I519da4b44386d950443e5784fb8c48ff9a36c5d3

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diff --git a/pkg/sync/atomicptr_unsafe.go b/pkg/sync/atomicptr_unsafe.go
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+// Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package template doesn't exist. This file must be instantiated using the
+// go_template_instance rule in tools/go_generics/defs.bzl.
+package template
+
+import (
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// Value is a required type parameter.
+type Value struct{}
+
+// An AtomicPtr is a pointer to a value of type Value that can be atomically
+// loaded and stored. The zero value of an AtomicPtr represents nil.
+//
+// Note that copying AtomicPtr by value performs a non-atomic read of the
+// stored pointer, which is unsafe if Store() can be called concurrently; in
+// this case, do `dst.Store(src.Load())` instead.
+type AtomicPtr struct {
+	ptr unsafe.Pointer
+}
+
+// Load returns the value set by the most recent Store. It returns nil if there
+// has been no previous call to Store.
+func (p *AtomicPtr) Load() *Value {
+	return (*Value)(atomic.LoadPointer(&p.ptr))
+}
+
+// Store sets the value returned by Load to x.
+func (p *AtomicPtr) Store(x *Value) {
+	atomic.StorePointer(&p.ptr, (unsafe.Pointer)(x))
+}