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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module : Control.Concurrent.QSemN
+-- Copyright : (c) The University of Glasgow 2001
+-- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
+--
+-- Maintainer : libraries@haskell.org
+-- Stability : experimental
+-- Portability : non-portable (concurrency)
+--
+-- Quantity semaphores in which each thread may wait for an arbitrary
+-- \"amount\".
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Control.Concurrent.QSemN
+ ( -- * General Quantity Semaphores
+ QSemN, -- abstract
+ newQSemN, -- :: Int -> IO QSemN
+ waitQSemN, -- :: QSemN -> Int -> IO ()
+ signalQSemN -- :: QSemN -> Int -> IO ()
+ ) where
+
+import Prelude
+
+import Control.Concurrent.MVar
+import Data.Typeable
+
+#include "Typeable.h"
+
+-- |A 'QSemN' is a quantity semaphore, in which the available
+-- \"quantity\" may be signalled or waited for in arbitrary amounts.
+newtype QSemN = QSemN (MVar (Int,[(Int,MVar ())]))
+
+INSTANCE_TYPEABLE0(QSemN,qSemNTc,"QSemN")
+
+-- |Build a new 'QSemN' with a supplied initial quantity.
+newQSemN :: Int -> IO QSemN
+newQSemN initial = do
+ sem <- newMVar (initial, [])
+ return (QSemN sem)
+
+-- |Wait for the specified quantity to become available
+waitQSemN :: QSemN -> Int -> IO ()
+waitQSemN (QSemN sem) sz = do
+ (avail,blocked) <- takeMVar sem -- gain ex. access
+ if (avail - sz) >= 0 then
+ -- discharging 'sz' still leaves the semaphore
+ -- in an 'unblocked' state.
+ putMVar sem (avail-sz,blocked)
+ else do
+ block <- newEmptyMVar
+ putMVar sem (avail, blocked++[(sz,block)])
+ takeMVar block
+
+-- |Signal that a given quantity is now available from the 'QSemN'.
+signalQSemN :: QSemN -> Int -> IO ()
+signalQSemN (QSemN sem) n = do
+ (avail,blocked) <- takeMVar sem
+ (avail',blocked') <- free (avail+n) blocked
+ putMVar sem (avail',blocked')
+ where
+ free avail [] = return (avail,[])
+ free avail ((req,block):blocked)
+ | avail >= req = do
+ putMVar block ()
+ free (avail-req) blocked
+ | otherwise = do
+ (avail',blocked') <- free avail blocked
+ return (avail',(req,block):blocked')