source: mainline/uspace/lib/c/include/rcu.h@ eec201d

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/** @addtogroup libc
 * @{
 */
/**
 * @file
 */

#ifndef LIBURCU_RCU_H_
#define LIBURCU_RCU_H_

#include <barrier.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

/** Use to assign a pointer to newly initialized data to a rcu reader
 * accessible pointer.
 *
 * Example:
 * @code
 * typedef struct exam {
 *     struct exam *next;
 *     int grade;
 * } exam_t;
 *
 * exam_t *exam_list;
 * // ..
 *
 * // Insert at the beginning of the list.
 * exam_t *my_exam = malloc(sizeof(exam_t));
 * my_exam->grade = 5;
 * my_exam->next = exam_list;
 * rcu_assign(exam_list, my_exam);
 *
 * // Changes properly propagate. Every reader either sees
 * // the old version of exam_list or the new version with
 * // the fully initialized my_exam.
 * rcu_synchronize();
 * // Now we can be sure every reader sees my_exam.
 *
 * @endcode
 */
#define rcu_assign(ptr, value) \
        do { \
                memory_barrier(); \
                (ptr) = (value); \
        } while (0)

/** Use to access RCU protected data in a reader section.
 *
 * Example:
 * @code
 * exam_t *exam_list;
 * // ...
 *
 * rcu_read_lock();
 * exam_t *first_exam = rcu_access(exam_list);
 * // We can now safely use first_exam, it won't change
 * // under us while we're using it.
 *
 * // ..
 * rcu_read_unlock();
 * @endcode
 */
#define rcu_access(ptr) ACCESS_ONCE(ptr)

extern void rcu_register_fibril(void);
extern void rcu_deregister_fibril(void);

extern void rcu_read_lock(void);
extern void rcu_read_unlock(void);

extern bool rcu_read_locked(void);

extern void rcu_synchronize(void);

#endif

/** @}
 */