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+/*
+ * (C) 2017, 2019 Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _pbd_mpc_queue_h_
+#define _pbd_mpc_queue_h_
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+namespace PBD {
+
+/** Lock free multiple producer, multiple consumer queue
+ *
+ * inspired by http://www.1024cores.net/home/lock-free-algorithms/queues/bounded-mpmc-queue
+ * Kudos to Dmitry Vyukov
+ */
+template <typename T>
+class /*LIBPBD_API*/ MPMCQueue
+{
+public:
+	MPMCQueue (size_t buffer_size = 8)
+		: _buffer (0)
+		, _buffer_mask (0)
+	{
+		reserve (buffer_size);
+	}
+
+	~MPMCQueue ()
+	{
+		delete[] _buffer;
+	}
+
+	static size_t
+	power_of_two_size (size_t sz)
+	{
+		int32_t power_of_two;
+		for (power_of_two = 1; 1U << power_of_two < sz; ++power_of_two) ;
+		return 1U << power_of_two;
+	}
+
+	void
+	reserve (size_t buffer_size)
+	{
+		buffer_size = power_of_two_size (buffer_size);
+		assert ((buffer_size >= 2) && ((buffer_size & (buffer_size - 1)) == 0));
+		if (_buffer_mask >= buffer_size - 1) {
+			return;
+		}
+		delete[] _buffer;
+		_buffer      = new cell_t[buffer_size];
+		_buffer_mask = buffer_size - 1;
+		clear ();
+	}
+
+	void
+	clear ()
+	{
+		for (size_t i = 0; i <= _buffer_mask; ++i) {
+			g_atomic_int_set (&_buffer[i]._sequence, i);
+		}
+		g_atomic_int_set (&_enqueue_pos, 0);
+		g_atomic_int_set (&_dequeue_pos, 0);
+	}
+
+	bool
+	push_back (T const& data)
+	{
+		cell_t* cell;
+		guint   pos = g_atomic_int_get (&_enqueue_pos);
+		for (;;) {
+			cell         = &_buffer[pos & _buffer_mask];
+			guint    seq = g_atomic_int_get (&cell->_sequence);
+			intptr_t dif = (intptr_t)seq - (intptr_t)pos;
+			if (dif == 0) {
+				if (g_atomic_int_compare_and_exchange (&_enqueue_pos, pos, pos + 1)) {
+					break;
+				}
+			} else if (dif < 0) {
+				assert (0);
+				return false;
+			} else {
+				pos = g_atomic_int_get (&_enqueue_pos);
+			}
+		}
+
+		cell->_data = data;
+		g_atomic_int_set (&cell->_sequence, pos + 1);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	bool
+	pop_front (T& data)
+	{
+		cell_t* cell;
+		guint   pos = g_atomic_int_get (&_dequeue_pos);
+		for (;;) {
+			cell         = &_buffer[pos & _buffer_mask];
+			guint    seq = g_atomic_int_get (&cell->_sequence);
+			intptr_t dif = (intptr_t)seq - (intptr_t) (pos + 1);
+			if (dif == 0) {
+				if (g_atomic_int_compare_and_exchange (&_dequeue_pos, pos, pos + 1)) {
+					break;
+				}
+			} else if (dif < 0) {
+				return false;
+			} else {
+				pos = g_atomic_int_get (&_dequeue_pos);
+			}
+		}
+
+		data = cell->_data;
+		g_atomic_int_set (&cell->_sequence, pos + _buffer_mask + 1);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+private:
+	struct cell_t {
+		volatile guint _sequence;
+		T              _data;
+	};
+
+	cell_t* _buffer;
+	size_t  _buffer_mask;
+
+	volatile guint _enqueue_pos;
+	volatile guint _dequeue_pos;
+};
+
+} /* end namespace */
+
+#endif