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+/*
+
+	This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+	License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+	You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+	Copyright (c) 2013, Armon Dadgar armon.dadgar@gmail.com
+	Copyright (c) 2013, Mitchell Hashimoto mitchell.hashimoto@gmail.com
+
+	Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms
+	of the GNU General Public License Version 3 or later, as described below:
+
+	This file is free software: you may copy, redistribute and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+	Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+	option) any later version.
+
+	This file 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 General
+	Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+
+*/
+
+package lamport
+
+import (
+	"sync/atomic"
+)
+
+var _ Clock = &MemClock{}
+
+// MemClock is a thread safe implementation of a lamport clock. It
+// uses efficient atomic operations for all of its functions, falling back
+// to a heavy lock only if there are enough CAS failures.
+type MemClock struct {
+	counter uint64
+}
+
+// NewMemClock create a new clock with the value 1.
+// Value 0 is considered as invalid.
+func NewMemClock() *MemClock {
+	return &MemClock{
+		counter: 1,
+	}
+}
+
+// NewMemClockWithTime create a new clock with a value.
+func NewMemClockWithTime(time uint64) *MemClock {
+	return &MemClock{
+		counter: time,
+	}
+}
+
+// Time is used to return the current value of the lamport clock
+func (mc *MemClock) Time() Time {
+	return Time(atomic.LoadUint64(&mc.counter))
+}
+
+// Increment is used to return the value of the lamport clock and increment it afterwards
+func (mc *MemClock) Increment() (Time, error) {
+	return Time(atomic.AddUint64(&mc.counter, 1) - 1), nil
+}
+
+// Witness is called to update our local clock if necessary after
+// witnessing a clock value received from another process
+func (mc *MemClock) Witness(v Time) error {
+WITNESS:
+	// If the other value is old, we do not need to do anything
+	cur := atomic.LoadUint64(&mc.counter)
+	other := uint64(v)
+	if other < cur {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Ensure that our local clock is at least one ahead.
+	if !atomic.CompareAndSwapUint64(&mc.counter, cur, other+1) {
+		// CAS: CompareAndSwap
+		// The CAS failed, so we just retry. Eventually our CAS should
+		// succeed or a future witness will pass us by and our witness
+		// will end.
+		goto WITNESS
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}