+static unsigned long duration;
+static time_t start_time;
+static unsigned long __thread duration_interval;
+#define DURATION_TEST_DELAY_WRITE 4
+#define DURATION_TEST_DELAY_READ 100
+
+/*
+ * returns 0 if test should end.
+ */
+static int test_duration_write(void)
+{
+ if (duration_interval++ >= DURATION_TEST_DELAY_WRITE) {
+ duration_interval = 0;
+ if (time(NULL) - start_time >= duration)
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static int test_duration_read(void)
+{
+ if (duration_interval++ >= DURATION_TEST_DELAY_READ) {
+ duration_interval = 0;
+ if (time(NULL) - start_time >= duration)
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+#define NR_READ 10
+#define NR_WRITE 9
+
+static unsigned long long __thread nr_writes;
+static unsigned long long __thread nr_reads;
+
+pthread_mutex_t rcu_copy_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+
+void rcu_copy_mutex_lock(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+ ret = pthread_mutex_lock(&rcu_copy_mutex);
+ if (ret) {
+ perror("Error in pthread mutex lock");
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+}
+
+void rcu_copy_mutex_unlock(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = pthread_mutex_unlock(&rcu_copy_mutex);
+ if (ret) {
+ perror("Error in pthread mutex unlock");
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+}