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1 /* Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
3 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
17 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
18 02111-1307 USA. */
20 #include <setjmp.h>
21 #include <stdlib.h>
22 #include "pthreadP.h"
23 #include "atomic.h"
26 #ifndef NOT_IN_libc
28 /* The next two functions are similar to pthread_setcanceltype() but
29 more specialized for the use in the cancelable functions like write().
30 They do not need to check parameters etc. */
31 int
32 attribute_hidden
33 __libc_enable_asynccancel (void)
35 struct pthread *self = THREAD_SELF;
36 int oldval;
38 while (1)
40 oldval = THREAD_GETMEM (self, cancelhandling);
41 int newval = oldval | CANCELTYPE_BITMASK;
43 if (newval == oldval)
44 break;
46 if (atomic_compare_and_exchange_acq (&self->cancelhandling, newval,
47 oldval) == 0)
49 if (CANCEL_ENABLED_AND_CANCELED_AND_ASYNCHRONOUS (newval))
51 THREAD_SETMEM (self, result, PTHREAD_CANCELED);
52 __do_cancel ();
55 break;
59 return oldval;
63 void
64 internal_function attribute_hidden
65 __libc_disable_asynccancel (int oldtype)
67 /* If asynchronous cancellation was enabled before we do not have
68 anything to do. */
69 if (oldtype & CANCELTYPE_BITMASK)
70 return;
72 struct pthread *self = THREAD_SELF;
74 while (1)
76 int oldval = THREAD_GETMEM (self, cancelhandling);
77 int newval = oldval & ~CANCELTYPE_BITMASK;
79 if (newval == oldval)
80 break;
82 if (atomic_compare_and_exchange_acq (&self->cancelhandling, newval,
83 oldval) == 0)
84 break;
88 #endif