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/* Software engineering face-lift by Greg J. Badros, 11-Dec-1999,
   gjb@cs.washington.edu, http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/gjb */

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#include "libguile/_scm.h"
#include "libguile/ports.h"
#include "libguile/smob.h"

#include "libguile/validate.h"
#include "libguile/arbiters.h"

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/* {Arbiters}
 *
 * These procedures implement synchronization primitives.  Processors
 * with an atomic test-and-set instruction can use it here (and not
 * SCM_DEFER_INTS). 
 */

static scm_t_bits scm_tc16_arbiter;


#define SCM_ARB_LOCKED(arb)  ((SCM_CELL_WORD_0 (arb)) & (1L << 16))
#define SCM_LOCK_ARB(arb)    (SCM_SET_CELL_WORD_0 ((arb), scm_tc16_arbiter | (1L << 16)));
#define SCM_UNLOCK_ARB(arb)  (SCM_SET_CELL_WORD_0 ((arb), scm_tc16_arbiter));

static int 
arbiter_print (SCM exp, SCM port, scm_print_state *pstate)
{
  scm_puts ("#<arbiter ", port);
  if (SCM_ARB_LOCKED (exp))
    scm_puts ("locked ", port);
  scm_iprin1 (SCM_PACK (SCM_SMOB_DATA (exp)), port, pstate);
  scm_putc ('>', port);
  return !0;
}

SCM_DEFINE (scm_make_arbiter, "make-arbiter", 1, 0, 0, 
	    (SCM name),
	    "Return an object of type arbiter and name @var{name}. Its\n"
	    "state is initially unlocked.  Arbiters are a way to achieve\n"
	    "process synchronization.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_make_arbiter
{
  SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB (scm_tc16_arbiter, SCM_UNPACK (name));
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

SCM_DEFINE (scm_try_arbiter, "try-arbiter", 1, 0, 0, 
	    (SCM arb),
	    "Return @code{#t} and lock the arbiter @var{arb} if the arbiter\n"
	    "was unlocked. Otherwise, return @code{#f}.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_try_arbiter
{
  SCM_VALIDATE_SMOB (1, arb, arbiter);
  SCM_DEFER_INTS;
  if (SCM_ARB_LOCKED(arb))
    arb = SCM_BOOL_F;
  else
    {
      SCM_LOCK_ARB(arb);
      arb = SCM_BOOL_T;
    }
  SCM_ALLOW_INTS;
  return arb;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_release_arbiter, "release-arbiter", 1, 0, 0, 
	    (SCM arb),
	    "Return @code{#t} and unlock the arbiter @var{arb} if the\n"
	    "arbiter was locked. Otherwise, return @code{#f}.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_release_arbiter
{
  SCM_VALIDATE_SMOB (1, arb, arbiter);
  if (!SCM_ARB_LOCKED(arb))
    return SCM_BOOL_F;
  SCM_UNLOCK_ARB (arb);
  return SCM_BOOL_T;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME



void
scm_init_arbiters ()
{
  scm_tc16_arbiter = scm_make_smob_type ("arbiter", 0);
  scm_set_smob_mark (scm_tc16_arbiter, scm_markcdr);
  scm_set_smob_print (scm_tc16_arbiter, arbiter_print);
#ifndef SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER
#include "libguile/arbiters.x"
#endif
}

/*
  Local Variables:
  c-file-style: "gnu"
  End:
*/