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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/rcu.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/rcu.h
index a8f3cdd5bc..8b0b8b3548 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/rcu.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/rcu.h
@@ -12,22 +12,21 @@ class RCUManager
public:
RCUManager (T* new_rcu_value) {
- m_rcu_value = new boost::shared_ptr<T> (new_rcu_value);
+ x.m_rcu_value = new boost::shared_ptr<T> (new_rcu_value);
}
- virtual ~RCUManager() { delete m_rcu_value; }
+ virtual ~RCUManager() { delete x.m_rcu_value; }
- boost::shared_ptr<T> reader () const { return *((boost::shared_ptr<T> *) g_atomic_pointer_get (the_pointer())); }
+ boost::shared_ptr<T> reader () const { return *((boost::shared_ptr<T> *) g_atomic_pointer_get (&x.gptr)); }
virtual boost::shared_ptr<T> write_copy () = 0;
virtual bool update (boost::shared_ptr<T> new_value) = 0;
protected:
- boost::shared_ptr<T>* m_rcu_value;
-
- // this monstrosity is needed because of some wierd behavior by g++
-
- gpointer * the_pointer() const { return (gpointer *) &m_rcu_value; }
+ union {
+ boost::shared_ptr<T>* m_rcu_value;
+ mutable volatile gpointer gptr;
+ } x;
};
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ public:
// store the current
- current_write_old = RCUManager<T>::m_rcu_value;
+ current_write_old = RCUManager<T>::x.m_rcu_value;
boost::shared_ptr<T> new_copy (new T(**current_write_old));
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ public:
// update, checking that nobody beat us to it
- bool ret = g_atomic_pointer_compare_and_exchange (RCUManager<T>::the_pointer(),
+ bool ret = g_atomic_pointer_compare_and_exchange (&RCUManager<T>::x.gptr,
(gpointer) current_write_old,
(gpointer) new_spp);