1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 #include "base/memory/singleton.h"
6 #include "base/threading/platform_thread.h"
7 
8 namespace base {
9 namespace internal {
10 
WaitForInstance(subtle::AtomicWord * instance)11 subtle::AtomicWord WaitForInstance(subtle::AtomicWord* instance) {
12   // Handle the race. Another thread beat us and either:
13   // - Has the object in BeingCreated state
14   // - Already has the object created...
15   // We know value != NULL.  It could be kBeingCreatedMarker, or a valid ptr.
16   // Unless your constructor can be very time consuming, it is very unlikely
17   // to hit this race.  When it does, we just spin and yield the thread until
18   // the object has been created.
19   subtle::AtomicWord value;
20   while (true) {
21     // The load has acquire memory ordering as the thread which reads the
22     // instance pointer must acquire visibility over the associated data.
23     // The pairing Release_Store operation is in Singleton::get().
24     value = subtle::Acquire_Load(instance);
25     if (value != kBeingCreatedMarker)
26       break;
27     PlatformThread::YieldCurrentThread();
28   }
29   return value;
30 }
31 
32 }  // namespace internal
33 }  // namespace base
34 
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