#ifndef __SPIN_LOCK_HPP__
#define __SPIN_LOCK_HPP__

#include <atomic>

// Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26583433/c11-implementation-of-spinlock-using-atomic
class SpinLock {
    std::atomic_flag locked = ATOMIC_FLAG_INIT ;
public:
    void lock() {
        while (locked.test_and_set(std::memory_order_acquire)) { ; }
    }

    // from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19742993/implementing-a-spinlock-in-boost-example-neededhttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/19742993/implementing-a-spinlock-in-boost-example-needed
    // is this legit?
    bool try_lock() {
        return !locked.test_and_set(std::memory_order_acquire);
    }

    void unlock() {
        locked.clear(std::memory_order_release);
    }
};

#endif //__SPIN_LOCK_HPP__
