jni/libucommon/sources/inc/ucommon/atomic.h

// Copyright (C) 2006-2010 David Sugar, Tycho Softworks.
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/**
 * Atomic pointers and locks.  These are meant to use atomic CPU operations
 * and hence offer maximum performance.
 * @file ucommon/atomic.h
 * @author David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>
 */

#ifndef _UCOMMON_ATOMIC_H_
#define _UCOMMON_ATOMIC_H_

#ifndef _UCOMMON_CONFIG_H_
#include <ucommon/platform.h>
#endif

NAMESPACE_UCOMMON

/**
 * Generic atomic class for referencing atomic objects and static functions.
 * We have an atomic counter and spinlock, and in the future we may add
 * other atomic classes and atomic manipulations needed to create lockfree
 * data structures.  The atomic classes use mutexes if no suitable atomic
 * code is available.
 * @author David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>
 */
class __EXPORT atomic
{
public:
    /**
     * Set to true if atomics have to be simulated with mutexes.
     */
    static const bool simulated;

    /**
     * Atomic counter class.  Can be used to manipulate value of an
     * atomic counter without requiring explicit thread locking.
     * @author David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>
     */
    class __EXPORT counter
    {
    private:
        volatile long value;

    public:
        counter(long initial = 0);

        long operator++();
        long operator--();
        long operator+=(long offset);
        long operator-=(long offset);

        inline operator long()
            {return (long)(value);};

        inline long operator*()
            {return value;};
    };

    /**
     * Atomic spinlock class.  Used as high-performance sync lock between
     * threads.
     * @author David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>
     */
    class __EXPORT spinlock
    {
    private:
        volatile long value;

    public:
        /**
         * Construct and initialize spinlock.
         */
        spinlock();

        /**
         * Acquire the lock.  If the lock is not acquired, one "spins"
         * by doing something else.  One suggestion is using thread::yield.
         * @return true if acquired.
         */
        bool acquire(void);

        /**
         * Release an acquired spinlock.
         */
        void release(void);
    };
};

END_NAMESPACE

#endif