2 * Copyright (c) 2013 Nicira, Inc.
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5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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20 /* A thread-safe, signal-safe, pollable doorbell.
22 * This is a thin wrapper around a pipe that allows threads to notify each
23 * other that an event has occurred in a signal-safe way */
32 void latch_init(struct latch *);
33 void latch_destroy(struct latch *);
35 bool latch_poll(struct latch *);
36 void latch_set(struct latch *);
38 bool latch_is_set(const struct latch *);
39 void latch_wait(const struct latch *, const char *where);
40 #define latch_wait(latch) latch_wait(latch, SOURCE_LOCATOR)