/* This file is part of Raul. * Copyright (C) 2007-2009 David Robillard * * 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 2 of the License, or (at your option) 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 details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ #ifndef RAUL_SEMAPHORE_HPP #define RAUL_SEMAPHORE_HPP #include #include namespace Raul { /** Trivial wrapper around POSIX semaphores (zero memory overhead). * * \ingroup raul */ class Semaphore : boost::noncopyable { public: inline Semaphore(unsigned int initial) { sem_init(&_sem, 0, initial); } inline ~Semaphore() { sem_destroy(&_sem); } inline void reset(unsigned int initial) { sem_destroy(&_sem); sem_init(&_sem, 0, initial); } inline bool has_waiter() { int val; sem_getvalue(&_sem, &val); return (val <= 0); } /** Increment (and signal any waiters). * * Realtime safe. */ inline void post() { sem_post(&_sem); } /** Wait until count is > 0, then decrement. * * Note that sem_wait always returns 0 in practice. It returns nonzero * when run in GDB, so the while is necessary to allow debugging. * * Obviously not realtime safe. */ inline void wait() { while (sem_wait(&_sem) != 0) {} } /** Non-blocking version of wait(). * * \return true if decrement was successful (lock was acquired). * * Realtime safe? */ inline bool try_wait() { return (sem_trywait(&_sem) == 0); } private: sem_t _sem; }; } // namespace Raul #endif // RAUL_SEMAPHORE_HPP