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      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 #ifndef CHROME_COMMON_MULTI_PROCESS_LOCK_H_
      6 #define CHROME_COMMON_MULTI_PROCESS_LOCK_H_
      7 
      8 #include <sys/types.h>
      9 #include <string>
     10 
     11 // Platform abstraction for a lock that can be shared between processes.
     12 // The process that owns the lock will release it on exit even if
     13 // the exit is due to a crash. Locks are not recursive.
     14 class MultiProcessLock {
     15  public:
     16 
     17   // Factory method for creating a multi-process lock.
     18   // |name| is the name of the lock. The name has special meaning on Windows
     19   // where the prefix can determine the namespace of the lock.
     20   // See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382954(v=VS.85).aspx for
     21   // details.
     22   static MultiProcessLock* Create(const std::string& name);
     23 
     24   virtual ~MultiProcessLock() { }
     25 
     26   // Try to grab ownership of the lock.
     27   virtual bool TryLock() = 0;
     28 
     29   // Release ownership of the lock.
     30   virtual void Unlock() = 0;
     31 };
     32 
     33 #endif  // CHROME_COMMON_MULTI_PROCESS_LOCK_H_
     34