Initial Contribution
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <private/utils/futex_synchro.h>
+
+
+// This futex glue code is need on desktop linux, but is part of klibc on ARM
+#if !defined(__arm__)
+
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+typedef unsigned int u32;
+#define asmlinkage
+#define __user
+#include <linux/futex.h>
+#include <utils/Atomic.h>
+
+
+int futex (int *uaddr, int op, int val, const struct timespec *timeout, int *uaddr2, int val3)
+{
+    int err = syscall(SYS_futex, uaddr, op, val, timeout, uaddr2, val3);
+    return err == 0 ? 0 : -errno;
+}
+
+int __futex_wait(volatile void *ftx, int val, const struct timespec *timeout)
+{
+    return futex((int*)ftx, FUTEX_WAIT, val, timeout, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+int __futex_wake(volatile void *ftx, int count)
+{
+    return futex((int*)ftx, FUTEX_WAKE, count, NULL, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+int __atomic_cmpxchg(int old, int _new, volatile int *ptr)
+{
+    return android_atomic_cmpxchg(old, _new, ptr);
+}
+
+int __atomic_swap(int _new, volatile int *ptr)
+{
+    return android_atomic_swap(_new, ptr);
+}
+
+int __atomic_dec(volatile int *ptr)
+{
+    return android_atomic_dec(ptr);
+}
+
+#else // !defined(__arm__)
+
+int __futex_wait(volatile void *ftx, int val, const struct timespec *timeout);
+int __futex_wake(volatile void *ftx, int count);
+
+int __atomic_cmpxchg(int old, int _new, volatile int *ptr);
+int __atomic_swap(int _new, volatile int *ptr);
+int __atomic_dec(volatile int *ptr);
+
+#endif // !defined(__arm__)
+
+
+// lock states
+//
+// 0: unlocked
+// 1: locked, no waiters
+// 2: locked, maybe waiters
+
+void futex_mutex_init(futex_mutex_t *m)
+{
+    m->value = 0;
+}
+
+int futex_mutex_lock(futex_mutex_t *m, unsigned msec)
+{
+    if(__atomic_cmpxchg(0, 1, &m->value) == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if(msec == FUTEX_WAIT_INFINITE) {
+        while(__atomic_swap(2, &m->value) != 0) {
+            __futex_wait(&m->value, 2, 0);
+        }
+    } else {
+        struct timespec ts;
+        ts.tv_sec = msec / 1000;
+        ts.tv_nsec = (msec % 1000) * 1000000;
+        while(__atomic_swap(2, &m->value) != 0) {
+            if(__futex_wait(&m->value, 2, &ts) == -ETIMEDOUT) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int futex_mutex_trylock(futex_mutex_t *m)
+{
+    if(__atomic_cmpxchg(0, 1, &m->value) == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+void futex_mutex_unlock(futex_mutex_t *m)
+{
+    if(__atomic_dec(&m->value) != 1) {
+        m->value = 0;
+        __futex_wake(&m->value, 1);
+    }
+}
+
+/* XXX *technically* there is a race condition that could allow
+ * XXX a signal to be missed.  If thread A is preempted in _wait()
+ * XXX after unlocking the mutex and before waiting, and if other
+ * XXX threads call signal or broadcast UINT_MAX times (exactly),
+ * XXX before thread A is scheduled again and calls futex_wait(),
+ * XXX then the signal will be lost.
+ */
+
+void futex_cond_init(futex_cond_t *c)
+{
+    c->value = 0;
+}
+
+int futex_cond_wait(futex_cond_t *c, futex_mutex_t *m, unsigned msec)
+{
+    if(msec == FUTEX_WAIT_INFINITE){
+        int oldvalue = c->value;
+        futex_mutex_unlock(m);
+        __futex_wait(&c->value, oldvalue, 0);
+        futex_mutex_lock(m, FUTEX_WAIT_INFINITE);
+        return 0;
+    } else {
+        int oldvalue = c->value;
+        struct timespec ts;        
+        ts.tv_sec = msec / 1000;
+        ts.tv_nsec = (msec % 1000) * 1000000;
+        futex_mutex_unlock(m);
+        const int err = __futex_wait(&c->value, oldvalue, &ts);
+        futex_mutex_lock(m, FUTEX_WAIT_INFINITE);
+        return err;
+    }
+}
+
+void futex_cond_signal(futex_cond_t *c)
+{
+    __atomic_dec(&c->value);
+    __futex_wake(&c->value, 1);
+}
+
+void futex_cond_broadcast(futex_cond_t *c)
+{
+    __atomic_dec(&c->value);
+    __futex_wake(&c->value, INT_MAX);
+}
+