Add a RAII SpinLock (using boost's spinlock)

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _pbd_spinlock_h_
+#define _pbd_spinlock_h_
+
+#include <boost/smart_ptr/detail/spinlock.hpp>
+#include "pbd/libpbd_visibility.h"
+
+namespace PBD {
+
+/* struct boost::detail::spinlock {
+ *   void lock();
+ *   bool try_lock();
+ *   void unlock();
+ * };
+ */
+typedef boost::detail::spinlock spinlock_t;
+
+/* RAII wrapper */
+class LIBPBD_API SpinLock {
+
+public:
+	SpinLock (spinlock_t&);
+	~SpinLock ();
+
+private:
+	spinlock_t& _lock;
+};
+
+} /* namespace */
+
+#endif /* _pbd_spinlock_h__ */