genode/os/include/dde_kit/spin_lock.h

/*
 * \brief   Spin lock
 * \author  Norman Feske
 * \date    2012-01-27
 */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Genode Labs GmbH
 *
 * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
 */

#ifndef _INCLUDE__DDE_KIT__SPIN_LOCK_H_
#define _INCLUDE__DDE_KIT__SPIN_LOCK_H_

/**
 * Private spin lock type
 */
typedef volatile int dde_kit_spin_lock;

/**
 * Initialize spin lock
 *
 * \param   out_lock  lock handle (output parameter)
 *
 * The created lock is free (not acquired) after initialization.
 */
void dde_kit_spin_lock_init(dde_kit_spin_lock *spin_lock);

/**
 * Acquire spin lock
 */
void dde_kit_spin_lock_lock(dde_kit_spin_lock *spin_lock);

/**
 * Try to acquire a lock (non-blocking)
 */
int dde_kit_spin_lock_try_lock(dde_kit_spin_lock *spin_lock);

/**
 * Release spin lock
 */
void dde_kit_spin_lock_unlock(dde_kit_spin_lock *spin_lock);


#endif /* _INCLUDE__DDE_KIT__SPIN_LOCK_H_ */
Add spin lock to DDE Kit Linux DDE used to implement Linux spin locks based on 'dde_kit_lock'. This works fine if a spin lock is initialized only once and used infinitely. But if spin locks are initialized on-the-fly at a high rate, each initialization causes the allocation of a new 'dde_kit_lock'. Because in contrast to normal locks, spinlocks cannot be explicitly destroyed, the spin-lock emulating locks are never freed. To solve the leakage of locks, there seems to be no other way than to support the semantics as expected by the Linux drivers. Hence, this patch introduces a DDE Kit API for spin locks. 2012-01-27 01:01:07 +00:00			`/*`
			`* \brief Spin lock`
			`* \author Norman Feske`
			`* \date 2012-01-27`
			`*/`

			`/*`
			`* Copyright (C) 2012 Genode Labs GmbH`
			`*`
			`* This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed`
			`* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.`
			`*/`

			`#ifndef _INCLUDE__DDE_KIT__SPIN_LOCK_H_`
			`#define _INCLUDE__DDE_KIT__SPIN_LOCK_H_`

			`/**`
			`* Private spin lock type`
			`*/`
			`typedef volatile int dde_kit_spin_lock;`

			`/**`
			`* Initialize spin lock`
			`*`
			`* \param out_lock lock handle (output parameter)`
			`*`
			`* The created lock is free (not acquired) after initialization.`
			`*/`
			`void dde_kit_spin_lock_init(dde_kit_spin_lock *spin_lock);`

			`/**`
			`* Acquire spin lock`
			`*/`
			`void dde_kit_spin_lock_lock(dde_kit_spin_lock *spin_lock);`

			`/**`
			`* Try to acquire a lock (non-blocking)`
			`*/`
			`int dde_kit_spin_lock_try_lock(dde_kit_spin_lock *spin_lock);`

			`/**`
			`* Release spin lock`
			`*/`
			`void dde_kit_spin_lock_unlock(dde_kit_spin_lock *spin_lock);`


			`#endif /* _INCLUDE__DDE_KIT__SPIN_LOCK_H_ */`