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author | rpj <rpj> | 2002-02-11 01:53:22 +0000 |
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committer | rpj <rpj> | 2002-02-11 01:53:22 +0000 |
commit | e6f1797e9e9925ae7f9dda54806ef8f52ae3ed07 (patch) | |
tree | c513bf622584d48383ce9d167159c81baa71b3f9 /condvar_check_need_init.c | |
parent | 1cf6fdda9842e5b728cdce93683292f4380a4572 (diff) |
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diff --git a/condvar_check_need_init.c b/condvar_check_need_init.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f6bba7 --- /dev/null +++ b/condvar_check_need_init.c @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +/* + * condvar_check_need_init.c + * + * Description: + * This translation unit implements condition variables and their primitives. + * + * + * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * + * Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32 + * Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom + * Copyright(C) 1999,2002 Pthreads-win32 contributors + * + * Contact Email: rpj@ise.canberra.edu.au + * + * The current list of contributors is contained + * in the file CONTRIBUTORS included with the source + * code distribution. The list can also be seen at the + * following World Wide Web location: + * http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/contributors.html + * + * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either + * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + * + * This library 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 + * Lesser General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public + * License along with this library in the file COPYING.LIB; + * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., + * 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA + */ + +#include "pthread.h" +#include "implement.h" + + +static INLINE int +ptw32_cond_check_need_init (pthread_cond_t *cond) +{ + int result = 0; + + /* + * The following guarded test is specifically for statically + * initialised condition variables (via PTHREAD_OBJECT_INITIALIZER). + * + * Note that by not providing this synchronisation we risk + * introducing race conditions into applications which are + * correctly written. + * + * Approach + * -------- + * We know that static condition variables will not be PROCESS_SHARED + * so we can serialise access to internal state using + * Win32 Critical Sections rather than Win32 Mutexes. + * + * If using a single global lock slows applications down too much, + * multiple global locks could be created and hashed on some random + * value associated with each mutex, the pointer perhaps. At a guess, + * a good value for the optimal number of global locks might be + * the number of processors + 1. + * + */ + EnterCriticalSection(&ptw32_cond_test_init_lock); + + /* + * We got here possibly under race + * conditions. Check again inside the critical section. + * If a static cv has been destroyed, the application can + * re-initialise it only by calling pthread_cond_init() + * explicitly. + */ + if (*cond == PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER) + { + result = pthread_cond_init(cond, NULL); + } + else if (*cond == NULL) + { + /* + * The cv has been destroyed while we were waiting to + * initialise it, so the operation that caused the + * auto-initialisation should fail. + */ + result = EINVAL; + } + + LeaveCriticalSection(&ptw32_cond_test_init_lock); + + return result; +} |