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+/*
+ Copyright (C) 2012 Paul Davis
+ Author: David Robillard
+
+ 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef __pbd_semaphore_h__
+#define __pbd_semaphore_h__
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+# include <mach/mach.h>
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+# include <windows.h>
+#else
+# include <semaphore.h>
+# include <errno.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "pbd/failed_constructor.h"
+
+namespace PBD {
+
+/**
+ Unnamed (process local) counting semaphore.
+
+ The civilized person's synchronisation primitive. A counting semaphore is
+ an integer which is always non-negative, so, an attempted decrement (or
+ "wait") will block if the value is 0, until another thread does an increment
+ (or "post").
+
+ At least on Lignux, the main advantage of this is that it is fast and the
+ only safe way to reliably signal from a real-time audio thread. The
+ counting semantics also complement ringbuffers of events nicely.
+*/
+class Semaphore
+{
+public:
+ /**
+ Create a new semaphore.
+
+ Chances are you want 1 wait() per 1 post(), an initial value of 0.
+ */
+ inline Semaphore(unsigned initial);
+
+ inline ~Semaphore();
+
+ /** Post/Increment/Signal */
+ inline void post();
+
+ /** Wait/Decrement. Returns false on error. */
+ inline bool wait();
+
+ /** Attempt Wait/Decrement. Returns true iff a decrement occurred. */
+ inline bool try_wait();
+
+private:
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+ semaphore_t _sem; // sem_t is a worthless broken mess on OSX
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+ HANDLE _sem; // types are overrated anyway
+#else
+ sem_t _sem;
+#endif
+};
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+
+inline
+Semaphore::Semaphore(unsigned initial)
+{
+ if (semaphore_create(mach_task_self(), &sem->sem, SYNC_POLICY_FIFO, 0)) {
+ throw failed_constructor();
+ }
+}
+
+inline
+Semaphore::~Semaphore()
+{
+ semaphore_destroy(mach_task_self(), _sem);
+}
+
+inline void
+Semaphore::post()
+{
+ semaphore_signal(_sem);
+}
+
+inline bool
+Semaphore::wait()
+{
+ if (semaphore_wait(_sem) != KERN_SUCCESS) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+inline bool
+Semaphore::try_wait()
+{
+ const mach_timespec_t zero = { 0, 0 };
+ return semaphore_timedwait(_sem, zero) == KERN_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+
+inline
+Semaphore::Semaphore(unsigned initial)
+{
+ if (!(_sem = CreateSemaphore(NULL, initial, LONG_MAX, NULL))) {
+ throw failed_constructor();
+ }
+}
+
+inline
+Semaphore::~Semaphore()
+{
+ CloseHandle(_sem);
+}
+
+inline void
+Semaphore::post()
+{
+ ReleaseSemaphore(_sem, 1, NULL);
+}
+
+inline bool
+Semaphore::wait()
+{
+ if (WaitForSingleObject(_sem, INFINITE) != WAIT_OBJECT_0) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+inline bool
+Semaphore::try_wait()
+{
+ return WaitForSingleObject(sem->sem, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0;
+}
+
+#else /* !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(_WIN32) */
+
+Semaphore::Semaphore(unsigned initial)
+{
+ if (sem_init(&_sem, 0, initial)) {
+ throw failed_constructor();
+ }
+}
+
+inline
+Semaphore::~Semaphore()
+{
+ sem_destroy(&_sem);
+}
+
+inline void
+Semaphore::post()
+{
+ sem_post(&_sem);
+}
+
+inline bool
+Semaphore::wait()
+{
+ while (sem_wait(&_sem)) {
+ if (errno != EINTR) {
+ return false; // We are all doomed
+ }
+ /* Otherwise, interrupted (rare/weird), so try again. */
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+inline bool
+Semaphore::try_wait()
+{
+ return (sem_trywait(&_sem) == 0);
+}
+
+#endif
+
+} // namespace PBD
+
+#endif /* __pbd_semaphore_h__ */