scuffed-code/icu4c/source/common/umutex.h
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/*
**********************************************************************
* Copyright (C) 1997-2001, International Business Machines
* Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
**********************************************************************
*
* File UMUTEX.H
*
* Modification History:
*
* Date Name Description
* 04/02/97 aliu Creation.
* 04/07/99 srl rewrite - C interface, multiple mutices
* 05/13/99 stephen Changed to umutex (from cmutex)
******************************************************************************
*/
#ifndef UMUTEX_H
#define UMUTEX_H
#include "unicode/utypes.h"
#include "unicode/uclean.h"
/* APP_NO_THREADS is an old symbol. We'll honour it if present. */
#ifdef APP_NO_THREADS
# define ICU_USE_THREADS 0
#endif
/* Default: use threads. */
#ifndef ICU_USE_THREADS
# define ICU_USE_THREADS 1
#endif
/*
* Code within ICU that accesses shared static or global data should
* instantiate a Mutex object while doing so. The unnamed global mutex
* is used throughout ICU, so keep locking short and sweet.
*
* For example:
*
* void Function(int arg1, int arg2)
* {
* static Object* foo; // Shared read-write object
* umtx_lock(NULL); // Lock the ICU global mutex
* foo->Method();
* umtx_unlock(NULL);
* }
*
* an alternative C++ mutex API is defined in the file common/mutex.h
*/
/* Lock a mutex.
* @param mutex The given mutex to be locked. Pass NULL to specify
* the global ICU mutex. Recursive locks are an error
* and may cause a deadlock on some platforms.
*/
U_CAPI void U_EXPORT2 umtx_lock ( UMTX* mutex );
/* Unlock a mutex. Pass in NULL if you want the single global
mutex.
* @param mutex The given mutex to be unlocked. Pass NULL to specify
* the global ICU mutex.
*/
U_CAPI void U_EXPORT2 umtx_unlock ( UMTX* mutex );
/* Initialize a mutex. Use it this way:
umtx_init( &aMutex );
* ICU Mutexes must be explicitly initialized before use.
* Initialization of an already initialized mutex has no effect, and is safe to do.
* Initialization of mutexes (other than the global mutex) is thread safe. Two
* threads can concurrently attempt to init the same mutex without causing problems.
* @param mutex The given mutex to be initialized
*/
U_CAPI void U_EXPORT2 umtx_init ( UMTX* mutex );
/* Destroy a mutex. This will free the resources of a mutex.
* Use it this way:
* umtx_destroy( &aMutex );
* Destroying an already destroyed mutex has no effect, and causes no problems.
* This function is not thread safe. Two threads must not attempt to concurrently
* destroy the same mutex.
* @param mutex The given mutex to be destroyed.
*/
U_CAPI void U_EXPORT2 umtx_destroy( UMTX *mutex );
/*
* Atomic Increment and Decrement of an int32_t value.
*
* Return Values:
* If the result of the operation is zero, the return zero.
* If the result of the operation is not zero, the sign of returned value
* is the same as the sign of the result, but the returned value itself may
* be different from the result of the operation.
*/
U_CAPI int32_t U_EXPORT2 umtx_atomic_inc(int32_t *);
U_CAPI int32_t U_EXPORT2 umtx_atomic_dec(int32_t *);
#endif /*_CMUTEX*/
/*eof*/