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/* Spin locks.  L4 version.
   Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
   License, or (at your option) any later version.

   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */

#include <l4.h>

#include <pthread.h>
#include <sched.h>

/* The default for single processor machines; don't spin, it's
   pointless.  */
#ifndef __PTHREAD_SPIN_COUNT
# define __PTHREAD_SPIN_COUNT 1
#endif

/* The number of times to spin while trying to lock a spin lock object
   before yielding the processor. */
int __pthread_spin_count = __PTHREAD_SPIN_COUNT;


/* Lock the spin lock object LOCK.  If the lock is held by another
   thread spin until it becomes available.  */
int
_pthread_spin_lock (__pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
{
  l4_time_t timeout;
  int i;

  /* Start with a small timeout of 2 microseconds, then back off
     exponentially.  */
  timeout = l4_time_period (2);

  while (1)
    {
      for (i = 0; i < __pthread_spin_count; i++)
	{
	  if (__pthread_spin_trylock (lock) == 0)
	    return 0;
	}
      l4_sleep (timeout);

      timeout = l4_time_mul2 (timeout);
      if (timeout == L4_NEVER)
	timeout = L4_TIME_PERIOD_MAX;
    }
}

weak_alias (_pthread_spin_lock, pthread_spin_lock);