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+/* Linuxthreads - a simple clone()-based implementation of Posix */
+/* threads for Linux. */
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Xavier Leroy (Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr) and */
+/* Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu) */
+/* */
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or */
+/* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License */
+/* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 */
+/* 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 Library General Public License for more details. */
+
+/* Spin locks */
+
+static inline void acquire(int * spinlock)
+{
+ while (testandset(spinlock)) __sched_yield();
+}
+
+static inline void release(int * spinlock)
+{
+#ifndef RELEASE
+ *spinlock = 0;
+#else
+ RELEASE(spinlock);
+#endif
+}