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#ifndef _URCU_H
#define _URCU_H

/*
 * urcu.h
 *
 * Userspace RCU header
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2009 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
 * Copyright (c) 2009 Paul E. McKenney, IBM Corporation.
 *
 * LGPL-compatible code should include this header with :
 *
 * #define _LGPL_SOURCE
 * #include <urcu.h>
 *
 * 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 2.1 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; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 *
 * IBM's contributions to this file may be relicensed under LGPLv2 or later.
 */

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pthread.h>

/*
 * See urcu-pointer.h and urcu-pointer-static.h for pointer publication headers.
 */
#include <urcu-pointer.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif 

/*
 * Important !
 *
 * Each thread containing read-side critical sections must be registered
 * with rcu_register_thread() before calling rcu_read_lock().
 * rcu_unregister_thread() should be called before the thread exits.
 */

#ifdef _LGPL_SOURCE

#include <urcu-static.h>

/*
 * Mappings for static use of the userspace RCU library.
 * Should only be used in LGPL-compatible code.
 */

/*
 * rcu_read_lock()
 * rcu_read_unlock()
 *
 * Mark the beginning and end of a read-side critical section.
 * DON'T FORGET TO USE RCU_REGISTER/UNREGISTER_THREAD() FOR EACH THREAD WITH
 * READ-SIDE CRITICAL SECTION.
 */
#define rcu_read_lock()		_rcu_read_lock()
#define rcu_read_unlock()	_rcu_read_unlock()

#else /* !_LGPL_SOURCE */

/*
 * library wrappers to be used by non-LGPL compatible source code.
 * See LGPL-only urcu-pointer-static.h for documentation.
 */

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

#endif /* !_LGPL_SOURCE */

extern void synchronize_rcu(void);

/*
 * Reader thread registration.
 */
extern void rcu_register_thread(void);
extern void rcu_unregister_thread(void);

/*
 * Explicit rcu initialization, for "early" use within library constructors.
 */
extern void rcu_init(void);

#ifdef __cplusplus 
}
#endif

#endif /* _URCU_H */