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+/*
+ * Glibc independent futex library for testing kernel functionality.
+ * Shamelessly stolen from Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com>
+ *    http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/dvhart/futextest.git/
+ */
+
+#ifndef _FUTEX_H
+#define _FUTEX_H
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <linux/futex.h>
+
+/**
+ * futex() - SYS_futex syscall wrapper
+ * @uaddr:	address of first futex
+ * @op:		futex op code
+ * @val:	typically expected value of uaddr, but varies by op
+ * @timeout:	typically an absolute struct timespec (except where noted
+ *		otherwise). Overloaded by some ops
+ * @uaddr2:	address of second futex for some ops\
+ * @val3:	varies by op
+ * @opflags:	flags to be bitwise OR'd with op, such as FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG
+ *
+ * futex() is used by all the following futex op wrappers. It can also be
+ * used for misuse and abuse testing. Generally, the specific op wrappers
+ * should be used instead. It is a macro instead of an static inline function as
+ * some of the types over overloaded (timeout is used for nr_requeue for
+ * example).
+ *
+ * These argument descriptions are the defaults for all
+ * like-named arguments in the following wrappers except where noted below.
+ */
+#define futex(uaddr, op, val, timeout, uaddr2, val3, opflags) \
+	syscall(SYS_futex, uaddr, op | opflags, val, timeout, uaddr2, val3)
+
+/**
+ * futex_wait() - block on uaddr with optional timeout
+ * @timeout:	relative timeout
+ */
+static inline int
+futex_wait(u_int32_t *uaddr, u_int32_t val, struct timespec *timeout, int opflags)
+{
+	return futex(uaddr, FUTEX_WAIT, val, timeout, NULL, 0, opflags);
+}
+
+#endif /* _FUTEX_H */