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/* rwsem.h: R/W semaphores implemented using XADD/CMPXCHG for i486+
*
* Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com).
*
* Derived from asm-i386/semaphore.h
*
*
* The MSW of the count is the negated number of active writers and waiting
* lockers, and the LSW is the total number of active locks
*
* The lock count is initialized to 0 (no active and no waiting lockers).
*
* When a writer subtracts WRITE_BIAS, it'll get 0xffff0001 for the case of an
* uncontended lock. This can be determined because XADD returns the old value.
* Readers increment by 1 and see a positive value when uncontended, negative
* if there are writers (and maybe) readers waiting (in which case it goes to
* sleep).
*
* The value of WAITING_BIAS supports up to 32766 waiting processes. This can
* be extended to 65534 by manually checking the whole MSW rather than relying
* on the S flag.
*
* The value of ACTIVE_BIAS supports up to 65535 active processes.
*
* This should be totally fair - if anything is waiting, a process that wants a
* lock will go to the back of the queue. When the currently active lock is
* released, if there's a writer at the front of the queue, then that and only
* that will be woken up; if there's a bunch of consequtive readers at the
* front, then they'll all be woken up, but no other readers will be.
*/
#ifndef _I386_RWSEM_H
#define _I386_RWSEM_H
#ifndef _LINUX_RWSEM_H
#error please dont include asm/rwsem.h directly, use linux/rwsem.h instead
#endif
#endif /* _I386_RWSEM_H */
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