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      1  1.1  jtc /*-
      2  1.1  jtc  * Copyright (c) 1997,98 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
      3  1.1  jtc  * All rights reserved.
      4  1.1  jtc  *
      5  1.1  jtc  * This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
      6  1.1  jtc  * by J.T. Conklin.
      7  1.1  jtc  *
      8  1.1  jtc  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
      9  1.1  jtc  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
     10  1.1  jtc  * are met:
     11  1.1  jtc  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
     12  1.1  jtc  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
     13  1.1  jtc  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
     14  1.1  jtc  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
     15  1.1  jtc  *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
     16  1.1  jtc  * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
     17  1.1  jtc  *    must display the following acknowledgement:
     18  1.1  jtc  *        This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
     19  1.1  jtc  *        Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
     20  1.1  jtc  * 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
     21  1.1  jtc  *    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
     22  1.1  jtc  *    from this software without specific prior written permission.
     23  1.1  jtc  *
     24  1.1  jtc  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
     25  1.1  jtc  * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
     26  1.1  jtc  * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     27  1.1  jtc  * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
     28  1.1  jtc  * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
     29  1.1  jtc  * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
     30  1.1  jtc  * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
     31  1.1  jtc  * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
     32  1.1  jtc  * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
     33  1.1  jtc  * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
     34  1.1  jtc  * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     35  1.1  jtc  */
     36  1.1  jtc 
     37  1.1  jtc /*
     38  1.1  jtc  * Requirements:
     39  1.1  jtc  *
     40  1.1  jtc  * 1. The thread safe mechanism should be lightweight so the library can
     41  1.1  jtc  *    be used by non-threaded applications without unreasonable overhead.
     42  1.1  jtc  *
     43  1.1  jtc  * 2. There should be no dependency on a thread engine for non-threaded
     44  1.1  jtc  *    applications.
     45  1.1  jtc  *
     46  1.1  jtc  * 3. There should be no dependency on any particular thread engine.
     47  1.1  jtc  *
     48  1.1  jtc  * 4. The library should be able to be compiled without support for thread
     49  1.1  jtc  *    safety.
     50  1.1  jtc  *
     51  1.1  jtc  *
     52  1.1  jtc  * Rationale:
     53  1.1  jtc  *
     54  1.1  jtc  * One approach for thread safety is to provide discrete versions of the
     55  1.1  jtc  * library: one thread safe, the other not.  The disadvantage of this is
     56  1.1  jtc  * that libc is rather large, and two copies of a library which are 99%+
     57  1.1  jtc  * identical is not an efficent use of resources.
     58  1.1  jtc  *
     59  1.1  jtc  * Another approach is to provide a single thread safe library.  However,
     60  1.1  jtc  * it should not add significant run time or code size overhead to non-
     61  1.1  jtc  * threaded applications.
     62  1.1  jtc  *
     63  1.1  jtc  * Since the NetBSD C library is used in other projects, it should be
     64  1.1  jtc  * easy to replace the mutual exclusion primitives with ones provided by
     65  1.1  jtc  * another system.  Similarly, it should also be easy to remove all
     66  1.1  jtc  * support for thread safety completely if the target environment does
     67  1.1  jtc  * not support threads.
     68  1.1  jtc  *
     69  1.1  jtc  *
     70  1.1  jtc  * Implementation Details:
     71  1.1  jtc  *
     72  1.1  jtc  * The mutex primitives used by the library (mutex_t, mutex_lock, etc.)
     73  1.1  jtc  * are macros which expand to the cooresponding primitives provided by
     74  1.1  jtc  * the thread engine or to nothing.  The latter is used so that code is
     75  1.1  jtc  * not unreasonably cluttered with #ifdefs when all thread safe support
     76  1.1  jtc  * is removed.
     77  1.1  jtc  *
     78  1.1  jtc  * The mutex macros can be directly mapped to the mutex primitives from
     79  1.1  jtc  * pthreads, however it should be reasonably easy to wrap another mutex
     80  1.1  jtc  * implementation so it presents a similar interface.
     81  1.1  jtc  *
     82  1.1  jtc  * Stub implementations of the mutex functions are provided with *weak*
     83  1.1  jtc  * linkage.  These functions simply return success.  When linked with a
     84  1.1  jtc  * thread library (i.e. -lpthread), the functions will override the
     85  1.1  jtc  * stubs.
     86  1.1  jtc  */
     87  1.1  jtc 
     88  1.1  jtc /* FIXME: Using _REENT during integration testing.  It should be changed
     89  1.1  jtc    to _REENTRANT once pthread engine is available */
     90  1.1  jtc 
     91  1.1  jtc #ifdef _REENT
     92  1.1  jtc 
     93  1.1  jtc #include <pthread.h>
     94  1.1  jtc 
     95  1.1  jtc #define mutex_t			pthread_mutex_t
     96  1.1  jtc #define MUTEX_INITIALIZER	PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
     97  1.1  jtc 
     98  1.1  jtc #define mutex_lock(m)		pthread_mutex_lock(m)
     99  1.1  jtc #define mutex_unlock(m)		pthread_mutex_unlock(m)
    100  1.1  jtc 
    101  1.2  jtc #define FLOCKFILE(fp)		flockfile(fp)
    102  1.2  jtc #define FUNLOCKFILE(fp)		funlockfile(fp)
    103  1.2  jtc 
    104  1.2  jtc #define
    105  1.2  jtc 
    106  1.1  jtc #else
    107  1.1  jtc 
    108  1.1  jtc #define mutex_lock(m)		do { } while(0)
    109  1.1  jtc #define mutex_unlock(m)		do { } while(0)
    110  1.2  jtc 
    111  1.2  jtc #define FLOCKFILE(fp)		do { } while(0)
    112  1.2  jtc #define FUNLOCKFILE(fp)		do { } while(0)
    113  1.1  jtc 
    114  1.1  jtc #endif
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