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diff --git a/src/threads/synch.h b/src/threads/synch.h
index a19e88b..a76eecc 100644
--- a/src/threads/synch.h
+++ b/src/threads/synch.h
@@ -41,6 +41,23 @@ void cond_wait (struct condition *, struct lock *);
void cond_signal (struct condition *, struct lock *);
void cond_broadcast (struct condition *, struct lock *);
+/* Readers-writers lock.
+
+ Implementation of "First readers-writers problem" from
+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readers%E2%80%93writers_problem. */
+struct rwlock
+ {
+ struct semaphore resource;
+ struct lock rmutex;
+ unsigned readcount;
+ };
+
+void rwlock_init (struct rwlock *);
+void rwlock_write_p (struct rwlock *);
+void rwlock_write_v (struct rwlock *);
+void rwlock_read_p (struct rwlock *);
+void rwlock_read_v (struct rwlock *);
+
/* Optimization barrier.
The compiler will not reorder operations across an