How do I atomically swap 2 ints in C#?

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What (if any) is the C# equivalent of the x86 asm xchg instruction?

With that command, which imo is a genuine exchange (unlike Interlocked.Exchange), I could simply atomically swap two ints, which is what I am really trying to do.

Update:

Sample code based upon my suggestion. Variable suffixed "_V" are decorated as volatile:

// PART 3 - process links
// prepare the new Producer
address.ProducerNew.WorkMask_V = 0;
// copy the current LinkMask
address.ProducerNew.LinkMask_V = address.Producer.LinkMask_V;
// has another (any) thread indicated it dropped its message link from this thread?
if (this.routerEmptyMask[address.ID] != 0)
{
  // allow all other bits to remain on (i.e. turn off now defunct links)
  address.ProducerNew.LinkMask_V &= ~this.routerEmptyMask[address.ID];
  // reset
  this.routerEmptyMask[address.ID] = 0;
}
// PART 4 - swap
address.ProducerNew = Interlocked.Exchange<IPC.Producer>(ref address.Producer, address.ProducerNew);
// PART 5 - lazily include the new links, make a working copy
workMask = address.Producer.LinkMask_V |= address.ProducerNew.WorkMask_V;

Note the lazy update.

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