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27 
28 #if !defined INCLUDED_OSL_DOUBLECHECKEDLOCKING_H
29 #define INCLUDED_OSL_DOUBLECHECKEDLOCKING_H
30 
31 #if defined __cplusplus
32 extern "C" {
33 #endif /* __cplusplus */
34 
35 /** A platform specific macro needed to make double-checked locking work.
36 
37     See
38     <http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/memoryModel/DoubleCheckedLocking.html>
39     for a description of double-checked locking, why it is broken, and how it
40     can be fixed.  On platforms where it is necessary, this macro will expand
41     to some memory barrier instruction.  On many platforms, double-checked
42     locking works as it is, though, so on those platforms this macro will be
43     empty.  This is a macro instead of a (C++ inline) function to allow for
44     maximum performance in both C and C++.
45 
46     If possible, use the rtl_Instance template instead of explicitly spelling
47     out the double-checked locking pattern.  There are few cases where you
48     will have to spell it out explicitly (e.g., the logic of a certain
49     instance of the pattern is too complex to be mapped to the template, or
50     some compiler refuses to compile a template instantiation due to internal
51     compiler errors), though, and you should always call this macro at the
52     right places then:
53 
54       static T * pInstance = 0;
55 
56       T * p = pInstance;
57       if (!p)
58       {
59           Guard aGuard(aMutex);
60           p = pInstance;
61           if (!p)
62           {
63               p = ...;
64               OSL_DOUBLE_CHECKED_LOCKING_MEMORY_BARRIER();
65               pInstance = p;
66           }
67       }
68       else
69           OSL_DOUBLE_CHECKED_LOCKING_MEMORY_BARRIER();
70       return p;
71 
72     One extra advantage of this macro is that it makes it easier to find all
73     places where double-checked locking is used.
74  */
75 #define OSL_DOUBLE_CHECKED_LOCKING_MEMORY_BARRIER() /* empty */
76 
77 #if defined __cplusplus
78 }
79 #endif /* __cplusplus */
80 
81 #endif /* INCLUDED_OSL_DOUBLECHECKEDLOCKING_H */
82