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OpenCellular/util/lock/gec_lock.h
Louis Yung-Chieh Lo 03d4ed278d Add GEC lock mechanism.
Basically re-use the gec lock code from flashrom package.

BUG=chrome-os-partner:12319
TEST=Build and run on link. Only build on snow.
while true; do ectool hello; done &   ; run 10 instances.
                                      ; expect all instances runs okay.

Signed-off-by: Louis Yung-Chieh Lo <yjlou@chromium.org>
Change-Id: I11d5824f46810c6f5a04a564a81387cdea081697
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.chromium.org/gerrit/29763
Reviewed-by: Randall Spangler <rspangler@chromium.org>
2012-08-10 09:28:34 -07:00

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#ifndef GEC_LOCK_H__
#define GEC_LOCK_H__
/*
* acquire_gec_lock - acquire global lock
*
* returns 0 to indicate lock acquired
* returns >0 to indicate lock was already held
* returns <0 to indicate failed to acquire lock
*/
extern int acquire_gec_lock(int timeout_secs);
/*
* release_gec_lock - release global lock
*
* returns 0 if lock was released successfully
* returns -1 if lock had not been held before the call
*/
extern int release_gec_lock(void);
#endif /* GEC_LOCK_H__ */