urcu-defer.h

   1 #ifndef _URCU_BATCH_H
   2 #define _URCU_BATCH_H
   3
   4 /*
   5  * urcu-defer.h
   6  *
   7  * Userspace RCU header - deferred execution
   8  *
   9  * Copyright (c) 2009 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
  10  * Copyright (c) 2009 Paul E. McKenney, IBM Corporation.
  11  *
  12  * LGPL-compatible code should include this header with :
  13  *
  14  * #define _LGPL_SOURCE
  15  * #include <urcu-defer.h>
  16  *
  17  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  18  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  19  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  20  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  21  *
  22  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  23  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  24  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  25  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  26  *
  27  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  28  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  29  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  30  */
  31
  32 #include <stdlib.h>
  33 #include <pthread.h>
  34
  35 #ifdef __cplusplus
  36 extern "C" {
  37 #endif
  38
  39 /*
  40  * Note: the defer_rcu() API is currently EXPERIMENTAL. It may change in the
  41  * future.
  42  *
  43  * Important !
  44  *
  45  * Each thread queuing memory reclamation must be registered with
  46  * rcu_defer_register_thread(). rcu_defer_unregister_thread() should be
  47  * called before the thread exits.
  48  *
  49  * *NEVER* use defer_rcu() within a RCU read-side critical section, because this
  50  * primitive need to call synchronize_rcu() if the thread queue is full.
  51  */
  52
  53 extern void defer_rcu(void (*fct)(void *p), void *p);
  54
  55 /*
  56  * Thread registration for reclamation.
  57  */
  58 extern int rcu_defer_register_thread(void);
  59 extern void rcu_defer_unregister_thread(void);
  60 extern void rcu_defer_barrier(void);
  61 extern void rcu_defer_barrier_thread(void);
  62
  63 #ifdef __cplusplus
  64 }
  65 #endif
  66
  67 #endif /* _URCU_BATCH_H */