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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "Pipe"
+//#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
+
+#include <cutils/atomic.h>
+#include <cutils/compiler.h>
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+#include "Pipe.h"
+#include "roundup.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+Pipe::Pipe(size_t maxFrames, NBAIO_Format format) :
+        NBAIO_Sink(format),
+        mMaxFrames(roundup(maxFrames)),
+        mBuffer(malloc(mMaxFrames * Format_frameSize(format))),
+        mRear(0),
+        mReaders(0)
+{
+}
+
+Pipe::~Pipe()
+{
+    ALOG_ASSERT(android_atomic_acquire_load(&mReaders) == 0);
+    free(mBuffer);
+}
+
+ssize_t Pipe::write(const void *buffer, size_t count)
+{
+    // count == 0 is unlikely and not worth checking for
+    if (CC_UNLIKELY(!mNegotiated)) {
+        return NEGOTIATE;
+    }
+    // write() is not multi-thread safe w.r.t. itself, so no mutex or atomic op needed to read mRear
+    size_t rear = mRear & (mMaxFrames - 1);
+    size_t written = mMaxFrames - rear;
+    if (CC_LIKELY(written > count)) {
+        written = count;
+    }
+    memcpy((char *) mBuffer + (rear << mBitShift), buffer, written << mBitShift);
+    if (CC_UNLIKELY(rear + written == mMaxFrames)) {
+        if (CC_UNLIKELY((count -= written) > rear)) {
+            count = rear;
+        }
+        if (CC_LIKELY(count > 0)) {
+            memcpy(mBuffer, (char *) buffer + (written << mBitShift), count << mBitShift);
+            written += count;
+        }
+    }
+    android_atomic_release_store(written + mRear, &mRear);
+    mFramesWritten += written;
+    return written;
+}
+
+}   // namespace android