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+/*
+* Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+*
+*
+* This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Affero Public License.
+* See the COPYING file in the main directory for details.
+*
+* This use of this software may be subject to additional restrictions.
+* See the LEGAL file in the main directory for details.
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+
+
+
+
+#include "Threads.h"
+#include "Timeval.h"
+
+
+using namespace std;
+
+
+
+
+Mutex gStreamLock;		///< Global lock to control access to cout and cerr.
+
+void lockCout()
+{
+	gStreamLock.lock();
+	Timeval entryTime;
+	cout << entryTime << " " << pthread_self() << ": ";
+}
+
+
+void unlockCout()
+{
+	cout << dec << endl << flush;
+	gStreamLock.unlock();
+}
+
+
+void lockCerr()
+{
+	gStreamLock.lock();
+	Timeval entryTime;
+	cerr << entryTime << " " << pthread_self() << ": ";
+}
+
+void unlockCerr()
+{
+	cerr << dec << endl << flush;
+	gStreamLock.unlock();
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mutex::Mutex()
+{
+	bool res;
+	res = pthread_mutexattr_init(&mAttribs);
+	assert(!res);
+	res = pthread_mutexattr_settype(&mAttribs,PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
+	assert(!res);
+	res = pthread_mutex_init(&mMutex,&mAttribs);
+	assert(!res);
+}
+
+
+Mutex::~Mutex()
+{
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(&mMutex);
+	bool res = pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&mAttribs);
+	assert(!res);
+}
+
+
+
+
+/** Block for the signal up to the cancellation timeout. */
+void Signal::wait(Mutex& wMutex, unsigned timeout) const
+{
+	Timeval then(timeout);
+	struct timespec waitTime = then.timespec();
+	pthread_cond_timedwait(&mSignal,&wMutex.mMutex,&waitTime);
+}
+
+
+void Thread::start(void *(*task)(void*), void *arg)
+{
+	assert(mThread==((pthread_t)0));
+	bool res;
+	res = pthread_attr_init(&mAttrib);
+	assert(!res);
+	res = pthread_attr_setstacksize(&mAttrib, mStackSize);
+	assert(!res);
+	res = pthread_create(&mThread, &mAttrib, task, arg);
+	assert(!res);
+}
+
+
+
+// vim: ts=4 sw=4