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/** @file
 * IPRT - Spinlocks.
 */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 *
 * This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as
 * available from https://www.virtualbox.org.
 *
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 */

#ifndef IPRT_INCLUDED_spinlock_h
#define IPRT_INCLUDED_spinlock_h
#ifndef RT_WITHOUT_PRAGMA_ONCE
# pragma once
#endif

#include <iprt/cdefs.h>
#include <iprt/types.h>

RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN


/** @defgroup grp_rt_spinlock   RTSpinlock - Spinlocks
 * @ingroup grp_rt
 * @{
 */

/**
 * Creates a spinlock.
 *
 * @returns iprt status code.
 * @param   pSpinlock   Where to store the spinlock handle.
 * @param   fFlags      Creation flags, see RTSPINLOCK_FLAGS_XXX.
 * @param   pszName     Spinlock name, for debugging purposes.  String lifetime
 *                      must be the same as the lock as it won't be copied.
 */
RTDECL(int)  RTSpinlockCreate(PRTSPINLOCK pSpinlock, uint32_t fFlags, const char *pszName);

/** @name RTSPINLOCK_FLAGS_XXX
 * @{ */
/** Disable interrupts when taking the spinlock, making it interrupt safe
 * (sans NMI of course).
 *
 * This is generally the safest option, though it isn't really required unless
 * the data being protect is also accessed from interrupt handler context. */
#define RTSPINLOCK_FLAGS_INTERRUPT_SAFE     RT_BIT(1)
/** No need to disable interrupts, the protect code/data is not used by
 * interrupt handlers. */
#define RTSPINLOCK_FLAGS_INTERRUPT_UNSAFE   RT_BIT(2)
/** @}  */

/**
 * Destroys a spinlock created by RTSpinlockCreate().
 *
 * @returns iprt status code.
 * @param   Spinlock    Spinlock returned by RTSpinlockCreate().
 */
RTDECL(int)  RTSpinlockDestroy(RTSPINLOCK Spinlock);

/**
 * Acquires the spinlock.
 *
 * @param   Spinlock    The spinlock to acquire.
 */
RTDECL(void) RTSpinlockAcquire(RTSPINLOCK Spinlock);

/**
 * Releases the spinlock.
 *
 * @param   Spinlock    The spinlock to acquire.
 */
RTDECL(void) RTSpinlockRelease(RTSPINLOCK Spinlock);


/** @} */

RT_C_DECLS_END

#endif /* !IPRT_INCLUDED_spinlock_h */