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+/*
+  This file is part of Raul.
+  Copyright 2007-2013 David Robillard <http://drobilla.net>
+
+  Raul is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+  Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+
+  Raul 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with Raul.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef RAUL_DOUBLEBUFFER_HPP
+#define RAUL_DOUBLEBUFFER_HPP
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace Raul {
+
+/** Double buffer.
+ *
+ * Can be thought of as a wrapper class to make a non-atomic type atomically
+ * settable (with no locking).
+ *
+ * Read/Write realtime safe, many writers safe - but set calls may fail.
+ *
+ * Space:  2*sizeof(T) + sizeof(int) + sizeof(void*)
+ * \ingroup raul
+ */
+template<typename T>
+class DoubleBuffer {
+public:
+	explicit DoubleBuffer(T val)
+		: _state(State::READ_WRITE)
+	{
+		_vals[0] = std::move(val);
+	}
+
+	DoubleBuffer(const DoubleBuffer&) = delete;
+	DoubleBuffer& operator=(const DoubleBuffer&) = delete;
+
+	inline const T& get() const {
+		switch (_state.load(std::memory_order_acquire)) {
+		case State::READ_WRITE:
+		case State::READ_LOCK:
+			return _vals[0];
+		case State::WRITE_READ:
+		case State::LOCK_READ:
+			break;
+		}
+		return _vals[1];
+	}
+
+	inline bool set(T new_val) {
+		if (transition(State::READ_WRITE, State::READ_LOCK)) {
+			// Locked _vals[1] for writing
+			_vals[1]  = std::move(new_val);
+			_state.store(State::WRITE_READ, std::memory_order_release);
+			return true;
+		} else if (transition(State::WRITE_READ, State::LOCK_READ)) {
+			// Locked _vals[0] for writing
+			_vals[0]  = std::move(new_val);
+			_state.store(State::READ_WRITE, std::memory_order_release);
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+private:
+	enum class State {
+		READ_WRITE,  ///< Read vals[0], Write vals[1]
+		READ_LOCK,   ///< Read vals[0], Lock vals[1]
+		WRITE_READ,  ///< Write vals[0], Read vals[1]
+		LOCK_READ    ///< Lock vals[0], Read vals[1]
+	};
+
+	bool transition(State from, const State to) {
+		return _state.compare_exchange_strong(
+			from, to, std::memory_order_release, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+	}
+
+	std::atomic<State> _state;
+	T                  _vals[2];
+};
+
+} // namespace Raul
+
+#endif // RAUL_DOUBLEBUFFER_HPP