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+/* Monotonically increasing wide counters (at least 62 bits).
+ Copyright (C) 2016-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef _BITS_ATOMIC_WIDE_COUNTER_H
+#define _BITS_ATOMIC_WIDE_COUNTER_H
+
+/* Counter that is monotonically increasing (by less than 2**31 per
+ increment), with a single writer, and an arbitrary number of
+ readers. */
+typedef union
+{
+ __extension__ unsigned long long int __value64;
+ struct
+ {
+ unsigned int __low;
+ unsigned int __high;
+ } __value32;
+} __atomic_wide_counter;
+
+#endif /* _BITS_ATOMIC_WIDE_COUNTER_H */