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+/* This file is part of Om.  Copyright (C) 2005 Dave Robillard.
+ * 
+ * Om 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.
+ * 
+ * Om 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.,
+ * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef SEMAPHORE_H
+#define SEMAPHORE_H
+
+#include <semaphore.h>
+
+
+/** Trivial wrapper around POSIX semaphores.
+ *
+ * This was created to provide an alternative debuggable implementation of
+ * semaphores based on a cond/mutex pair because semaphore's appeared not to
+ * work in GDB.  Turns out sem_wait can fail when run in GDB, and Debian
+ * really needs to update it's man pages.
+ *
+ * This class remains as a pretty wrapper/abstraction that does nothing.
+ */
+class Semaphore {
+public:
+	inline Semaphore(unsigned int initial) { sem_init(&m_sem, 0, initial); }
+	
+	inline ~Semaphore() { sem_destroy(&m_sem); }
+
+	/** Increment (and signal any waiters).
+	 * 
+	 * Realtime safe.
+	 */
+	inline void post() { sem_post(&m_sem); }
+
+	/** Wait until count is > 0, then decrement.
+	 *
+	 * Note that sem_wait always returns 0 in practise.  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(&m_sem) != 0) ; }
+	
+	/** Non-blocking version of wait().
+	 *
+	 * Realtime safe?
+	 */
+	inline int  try_wait() { return sem_trywait(&m_sem); }
+private:
+	sem_t m_sem;
+};
+
+
+#endif // SEMAPHORE_H