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+// Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors.
+//
+// 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
+//
+//      https://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.
+//
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// barrier.h
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef ABSL_SYNCHRONIZATION_BARRIER_H_
+#define ABSL_SYNCHRONIZATION_BARRIER_H_
+
+#include "absl/base/thread_annotations.h"
+#include "absl/synchronization/mutex.h"
+
+namespace absl {
+
+// Barrier
+//
+// This class creates a barrier which blocks threads until a prespecified
+// threshold of threads (`num_threads`) utilizes the barrier. A thread utilizes
+// the `Barrier` by calling `Block()` on the barrier, which will block that
+// thread; no call to `Block()` will return until `num_threads` threads have
+// called it.
+//
+// Exactly one call to `Block()` will return `true`, which is then responsible
+// for destroying the barrier; because stack allocation will cause the barrier
+// to be deleted when it is out of scope, barriers should not be stack
+// allocated.
+//
+// Example:
+//
+//   // Main thread creates a `Barrier`:
+//   barrier = new Barrier(num_threads);
+//
+//   // Each participating thread could then call:
+//   if (barrier->Block()) delete barrier;  // Exactly one call to `Block()`
+//                                          // returns `true`; that call
+//                                          // deletes the barrier.
+class Barrier {
+ public:
+  // `num_threads` is the number of threads that will participate in the barrier
+  explicit Barrier(int num_threads)
+      : num_to_block_(num_threads), num_to_exit_(num_threads) {}
+
+  Barrier(const Barrier&) = delete;
+  Barrier& operator=(const Barrier&) = delete;
+
+  // Barrier::Block()
+  //
+  // Blocks the current thread, and returns only when the `num_threads`
+  // threshold of threads utilizing this barrier has been reached. `Block()`
+  // returns `true` for precisely one caller, which may then destroy the
+  // barrier.
+  //
+  // Memory ordering: For any threads X and Y, any action taken by X
+  // before X calls `Block()` will be visible to Y after Y returns from
+  // `Block()`.
+  bool Block();
+
+ private:
+  Mutex lock_;
+  int num_to_block_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(lock_);
+  int num_to_exit_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(lock_);
+};
+
+}  // namespace absl
+#endif  // ABSL_SYNCHRONIZATION_BARRIER_H_