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+// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2012 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+#ifndef BITCOIN_THREADSAFETY_H
+#define BITCOIN_THREADSAFETY_H
+
+#ifdef __clang__
+// TL;DR Add GUARDED_BY(mutex) to member variables. The others are
+// rarely necessary. Ex: int nFoo GUARDED_BY(cs_foo);
+//
+// See http://clang.llvm.org/docs/LanguageExtensions.html#threadsafety
+// for documentation.  The clang compiler can do advanced static analysis
+// of locking when given the -Wthread-safety option.
+#define LOCKABLE                        __attribute__ ((lockable))
+#define SCOPED_LOCKABLE                 __attribute__ ((scoped_lockable))
+#define GUARDED_BY(x)                   __attribute__ ((guarded_by(x)))
+#define GUARDED_VAR                     __attribute__ ((guarded_var))
+#define PT_GUARDED_BY(x)                __attribute__ ((pt_guarded_by(x)))
+#define PT_GUARDED_VAR                  __attribute__ ((pt_guarded_var))
+#define ACQUIRED_AFTER(...)             __attribute__ ((acquired_after(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define ACQUIRED_BEFORE(...)            __attribute__ ((acquired_before(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define EXCLUSIVE_LOCK_FUNCTION(...)    __attribute__ ((exclusive_lock_function(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define SHARED_LOCK_FUNCTION(...)       __attribute__ ((shared_lock_function(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define EXCLUSIVE_TRYLOCK_FUNCTION(...) __attribute__ ((exclusive_trylock_function(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define SHARED_TRYLOCK_FUNCTION(...)    __attribute__ ((shared_trylock_function(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define UNLOCK_FUNCTION(...)            __attribute__ ((unlock_function(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define LOCK_RETURNED(x)                __attribute__ ((lock_returned(x)))
+#define LOCKS_EXCLUDED(...)             __attribute__ ((locks_excluded(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(...)   __attribute__ ((exclusive_locks_required(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(...)      __attribute__ ((shared_locks_required(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS       __attribute__ ((no_thread_safety_analysis))
+#else
+#define LOCKABLE
+#define SCOPED_LOCKABLE
+#define GUARDED_BY(x)
+#define GUARDED_VAR
+#define PT_GUARDED_BY(x)
+#define PT_GUARDED_VAR
+#define ACQUIRED_AFTER(...)
+#define ACQUIRED_BEFORE(...)
+#define EXCLUSIVE_LOCK_FUNCTION(...)
+#define SHARED_LOCK_FUNCTION(...)
+#define EXCLUSIVE_TRYLOCK_FUNCTION(...)
+#define SHARED_TRYLOCK_FUNCTION(...)
+#define UNLOCK_FUNCTION(...)
+#define LOCK_RETURNED(x)
+#define LOCKS_EXCLUDED(...)
+#define EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(...)
+#define SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(...)
+#define NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS
+#endif  // __GNUC__
+#endif  // BITCOIN_THREADSAFETY_H