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+/** @file
+ * IPRT - Generic Work Queue with concurrent atomic access.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Oracle Corporation
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+ * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
+ * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
+ * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ___iprt_queueatomic_h
+#define ___iprt_queueatomic_h
+
+#include <iprt/types.h>
+#include <iprt/asm.h>
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_list    RTQueueAtomic - Generic Work Queue
+ * @ingroup grp_rt
+ *
+ * Implementation of a lockless work queue for threaded environments.
+ * @{
+ */
+
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+
+/**
+ * A work item
+ */
+typedef struct RTQUEUEATOMICITEM
+{
+    /** Pointer to the next work item in the list. */
+    struct RTQUEUEATOMICITEM * volatile pNext;
+} RTQUEUEATOMICITEM;
+/** Pointer to a work item. */
+typedef RTQUEUEATOMICITEM *PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM;
+/** Pointer to a work item pointer. */
+typedef PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM *PPRTQUEUEATOMICITEM;
+
+/**
+ * Work queue.
+ */
+typedef struct RTQUEUEATOMIC
+{
+    /* Head of the work queue. */
+    volatile PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM        pHead;
+} RTQUEUEATOMIC;
+/** Pointer to a work queue. */
+typedef RTQUEUEATOMIC *PRTQUEUEATOMIC;
+
+/**
+ * Initialize a work queue.
+ *
+ * @param   pWorkQueue          Pointer to an unitialised work queue.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(void) RTQueueAtomicInit(PRTQUEUEATOMIC pWorkQueue)
+{
+    ASMAtomicWriteNullPtr(&pWorkQueue->pHead);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Insert a new item into the work queue.
+ *
+ * @param   pWorkQueue          The work queue to insert into.
+ * @param   pItem               The item to insert.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(void) RTQueueAtomicInsert(PRTQUEUEATOMIC pWorkQueue, PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM pItem)
+{
+    PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM pNext = ASMAtomicUoReadPtrT(&pWorkQueue->pHead, PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM);
+    PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM pHeadOld;
+    pItem->pNext = pNext;
+    while (!ASMAtomicCmpXchgExPtr(&pWorkQueue->pHead, pItem, pNext, &pHeadOld))
+    {
+        pNext = pHeadOld;
+        Assert(pNext != pItem);
+        pItem->pNext = pNext;
+        ASMNopPause();
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove all items from the given work queue and return them in the inserted order.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the first item.
+ * @param   pWorkQueue          The work queue.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM) RTQueueAtomicRemoveAll(PRTQUEUEATOMIC pWorkQueue)
+{
+    PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM pHead = ASMAtomicXchgPtrT(&pWorkQueue->pHead, NULL, PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM);
+
+    /* Reverse it. */
+    PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM pCur = pHead;
+    pHead = NULL;
+    while (pCur)
+    {
+        PRTQUEUEATOMICITEM pInsert = pCur;
+        pCur = pCur->pNext;
+        pInsert->pNext = pHead;
+        pHead = pInsert;
+    }
+
+    return pHead;
+}
+
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+
+/** @} */
+
+#endif