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+/****************************************************************************
+ * include/nuttx/hwspinlock/hwspinlock.h
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef __INCLUDE_NUTTX_HWSPINLOCK_HWSPINLOCK_H
+#define __INCLUDE_NUTTX_HWSPINLOCK_HWSPINLOCK_H
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/compiler.h>
+#include <nuttx/spinlock.h>
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Types
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+struct hwspinlock_dev_s;
+
+struct hwspinlock_ops_s
+{
+  CODE bool (*trylock)(FAR struct hwspinlock_dev_s *dev,
+                       int id, int priority);
+  CODE void (*relax)(FAR struct hwspinlock_dev_s *dev,
+                     int id, int priority);
+  CODE void (*unlock)(FAR struct hwspinlock_dev_s *dev, int id);
+};
+
+struct hwspinlock_dev_s
+{
+  spinlock_t lock;
+  FAR const struct hwspinlock_ops_s *ops;
+};
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Function Prototypes
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#define EXTERN extern "C"
+extern "C"
+{
+#else
+#define EXTERN extern
+#endif
+
+static inline bool hwspin_trylock(FAR struct hwspinlock_dev_s *dev,
+                                  int id, int priority)
+{
+  return dev->ops->trylock(dev, id, priority);
+}
+
+static inline bool hwspin_trylock_irqsave(FAR struct hwspinlock_dev_s *dev,
+                                          int id, int priority,
+                                          FAR irqstate_t *flags)
+{
+  *flags = spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock);
+  if (hwspin_trylock(dev, id, priority))
+    {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+  spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lock, *flags);
+  return false;
+}
+
+static inline void hwspin_lock(FAR struct hwspinlock_dev_s *dev,
+                               int id, int priority)
+{
+  while (!dev->ops->trylock(dev, id, priority))
+    {
+      if (dev->ops->relax)
+        {
+          dev->ops->relax(dev, id, priority);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static inline irqstate_t
+hwspin_lock_irqsave(FAR struct hwspinlock_dev_s *dev,
+                    int id, int priority)
+{
+  irqstate_t flags = spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->lock);
+  hwspin_lock(dev, id, priority);
+  return flags;
+}
+
+static inline void hwspin_unlock(FAR struct hwspinlock_dev_s *dev,
+                                 int id, int priority)
+{
+  dev->ops->unlock(dev, id);
+}
+
+static inline void hwspin_unlock_restore(FAR struct hwspinlock_dev_s *dev,
+                                         int id, int priority,
+                                         irqstate_t flags)
+{
+  hwspin_unlock(dev, id);
+  spin_lock_restore(&dev->lock, flags);
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __INCLUDE_NUTTX_HWSPINLOCK_HWSPINLOCK_H */