+ vlc_mutex_t mutex;
+ vlc_cond_t wait;
+ unsigned long readers;
+ unsigned long writers;
+ int writer;
+} vlc_rwlock_t;
+#define VLC_STATIC_RWLOCK \
+ { VLC_STATIC_MUTEX, VLC_STATIC_COND, 0, 0, 0 }
+
+typedef struct vlc_threadvar *vlc_threadvar_t;
+typedef struct vlc_timer *vlc_timer_t;
+
+#endif
+
+#if defined( WIN32 ) && !defined ETIMEDOUT
+# define ETIMEDOUT 10060 /* This is the value in winsock.h. */
+#endif
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Function definitions
+ *****************************************************************************/
+VLC_API void vlc_mutex_init( vlc_mutex_t * );
+VLC_API void vlc_mutex_init_recursive( vlc_mutex_t * );
+VLC_API void vlc_mutex_destroy( vlc_mutex_t * );
+VLC_API void vlc_mutex_lock( vlc_mutex_t * );
+VLC_API int vlc_mutex_trylock( vlc_mutex_t * ) VLC_USED;
+VLC_API void vlc_mutex_unlock( vlc_mutex_t * );
+VLC_API void vlc_cond_init( vlc_cond_t * );
+VLC_API void vlc_cond_init_daytime( vlc_cond_t * );
+VLC_API void vlc_cond_destroy( vlc_cond_t * );
+VLC_API void vlc_cond_signal(vlc_cond_t *);
+VLC_API void vlc_cond_broadcast(vlc_cond_t *);
+VLC_API void vlc_cond_wait(vlc_cond_t *, vlc_mutex_t *);
+VLC_API int vlc_cond_timedwait(vlc_cond_t *, vlc_mutex_t *, mtime_t);
+VLC_API void vlc_sem_init(vlc_sem_t *, unsigned);
+VLC_API void vlc_sem_destroy(vlc_sem_t *);
+VLC_API int vlc_sem_post(vlc_sem_t *);
+VLC_API void vlc_sem_wait(vlc_sem_t *);
+
+VLC_API void vlc_rwlock_init(vlc_rwlock_t *);
+VLC_API void vlc_rwlock_destroy(vlc_rwlock_t *);
+VLC_API void vlc_rwlock_rdlock(vlc_rwlock_t *);
+VLC_API void vlc_rwlock_wrlock(vlc_rwlock_t *);
+VLC_API void vlc_rwlock_unlock(vlc_rwlock_t *);
+VLC_API int vlc_threadvar_create(vlc_threadvar_t * , void (*) (void *) );
+VLC_API void vlc_threadvar_delete(vlc_threadvar_t *);
+VLC_API int vlc_threadvar_set(vlc_threadvar_t, void *);
+VLC_API void * vlc_threadvar_get(vlc_threadvar_t);
+
+VLC_API int vlc_clone(vlc_thread_t *, void * (*) (void *), void *, int) VLC_USED;
+VLC_API void vlc_cancel(vlc_thread_t);
+VLC_API void vlc_join(vlc_thread_t, void **);
+VLC_API void vlc_control_cancel (int cmd, ...);
+
+VLC_API mtime_t mdate(void);
+VLC_API void mwait(mtime_t deadline);
+VLC_API void msleep(mtime_t delay);
+
+#define VLC_HARD_MIN_SLEEP 10000 /* 10 milliseconds = 1 tick at 100Hz */
+#define VLC_SOFT_MIN_SLEEP 9000000 /* 9 seconds */
+
+#if VLC_GCC_VERSION(4,3)
+/* Linux has 100, 250, 300 or 1000Hz
+ *
+ * HZ=100 by default on FreeBSD, but some architectures use a 1000Hz timer
+ */
+
+static
+__attribute__((unused))
+__attribute__((noinline))
+__attribute__((error("sorry, cannot sleep for such short a time")))
+mtime_t impossible_delay( mtime_t delay )