concurrence.h

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// Support for concurrent programing -*- C++ -*-

// Copyright (C) 2003, 2004
// Free Software Foundation, Inc.
//
// This file is part of the GNU ISO C++ Library.  This library is free
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#ifndef _CONCURRENCE_H
#define _CONCURRENCE_H 1

// GCC's thread abstraction layer
#include "bits/gthr.h"

#if __GTHREADS

# ifdef __GTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT
#  define __glibcxx_mutex_type __gthread_mutex_t
#  define __glibcxx_mutex_define_initialized(NAME) \
__gthread_mutex_t NAME = __GTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT
#  define __glibcxx_mutex_lock(NAME) \
__gthread_mutex_lock(&NAME)
# else
// Implies __GTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT_FUNCTION
struct __glibcxx_mutex : public __gthread_mutex_t
{
   __glibcxx_mutex() { __GTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT_FUNCTION(this); }
};

#  define __glibcxx_mutex_type __glibcxx_mutex
#  define __glibcxx_mutex_define_initialized(NAME) \
__glibcxx_mutex NAME
# define __glibcxx_mutex_lock(NAME) \
__gthread_mutex_lock(&NAME)
# endif

# define __glibcxx_mutex_unlock(NAME) __gthread_mutex_unlock(&NAME)

#else

# define __glibcxx_mutex_type __gthread_mutex_t
# define __glibcxx_mutex_define_initialized(NAME) __gthread_mutex_t NAME
# define __glibcxx_mutex_lock(NAME)
# define __glibcxx_mutex_unlock(NAME)

#endif

namespace __gnu_cxx
{
  typedef __glibcxx_mutex_type mutex_type;
  
  // Scoped lock idiom.
  // Acquire the mutex here with a constructor call, then release with
  // the destructor call in accordance with RAII style.
   class lock
  {
    // Externally defined and initialized.
    mutex_type& device;

  public:
    explicit lock(mutex_type& name) : device(name)
    { __glibcxx_mutex_lock(device); }

    ~lock() throw()
    { __glibcxx_mutex_unlock(device); }

  private:
    lock(const lock&);
    lock& operator=(const lock&);
  };
}

#endif

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