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/* Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

   The GNU C Library 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
   Lesser General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
   02111-1307 USA.  */

#include <signal.h>
#include "pthreadP.h"
#include "atomic.h"


int
pthread_cancel (th)
     pthread_t th;
{
  volatile struct pthread *pd = (volatile struct pthread *) th;

  while (1)
    {
      int oldval = pd->cancelhandling;
      int newval = oldval | CANCELED_BITMASK;

      /* Avoid doing unnecessary work.  The atomic operation can
	 potentially be expensive if the bug has to be locked and
	 remote cache lines have to be invalidated.  */
      if (oldval == newval)
	break;

      /* If the cancellation is handled asynchronously just send a
	 signal.  We avoid this if possible since it's more
	 expensive.  */
      if (CANCEL_ENABLED_AND_CANCELED_AND_ASYNCHRONOUS (newval))
	{
	  /* The cancellation handler will take care of marking the
	     thread as canceled.  */
	  __pthread_kill (th, SIGCANCEL);

	  break;
	}

      /* Mark the thread as canceled.  This has to be done
	 atomically since other bits could be modified as well.  */
      if (atomic_compare_and_exchange_acq (&pd->cancelhandling, newval,
					   oldval) == 0)
	break;
    }

  return 0;
}