Add GEC lock mechanism.

Basically re-use the gec lock code from flashrom package.

BUG=chrome-os-partner:12319
TEST=Build and run on link. Only build on snow.
while true; do ectool hello; done &   ; run 10 instances.
                                      ; expect all instances runs okay.

Signed-off-by: Louis Yung-Chieh Lo <yjlou@chromium.org>
Change-Id: I11d5824f46810c6f5a04a564a81387cdea081697
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.chromium.org/gerrit/29763
Reviewed-by: Randall Spangler <rspangler@chromium.org>

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/util/lock/gec_lock.c b/util/lock/gec_lock.c
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+++ b/util/lock/gec_lock.c
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+
+#include "gec_lock.h"
+#include "ipc_lock.h"
+#include "locks.h"
+
+static struct ipc_lock gec_lock = IPC_LOCK_INIT(GECLOCK);
+
+int acquire_gec_lock(int timeout_secs)
+{
+	return acquire_lock(&gec_lock, timeout_secs * 1000);
+}
+
+int release_gec_lock(void)
+{
+	return release_lock(&gec_lock);
+}