/* ********************************************************************** * Copyright (C) 1997-2008, 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 /* ICU_USE_THREADS * * Allows thread support (use of mutexes) to be compiled out of ICU. * Default: use threads. * Even with thread support compiled out, applications may override the * (empty) mutex implementation with the u_setMutexFunctions() functions. */ #ifndef ICU_USE_THREADS # define ICU_USE_THREADS 1 #endif /** * By default assume that we are on a machine with a weak memory model, * and the double check lock won't work reliably. */ #if !defined(UMTX_STRONG_MEMORY_MODEL) #define UMTX_STRONG_MEMORY_MODEL 0 #endif /** * \def UMTX_CHECK * Encapsulates a safe check of an expression * for use with double-checked lazy inititialization. * On CPUs with weak memory models, this must use memory fence instructions * or mutexes. * The expression must involve only a _single_ variable, typically * a possibly null pointer or a boolean that indicates whether some service * is initialized or not. * The setting of the variable involved in the test must be the last step of * the initialization process. * * * @internal */ #if UMTX_STRONG_MEMORY_MODEL #define UMTX_CHECK(pMutex, expression, result) \ (result)=(expression) #else #define UMTX_CHECK(pMutex, expression, result) \ umtx_lock(pMutex); \ (result)=(expression); \ umtx_unlock(pMutex) #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 do not need explicit initialization before use. Use of this * function is not necessary. * Initialization of an already initialized mutex has no effect, and is safe to do. * Initialization of mutexes is thread safe. Two threads can concurrently * initialize 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*/