libitm/config/linux/rwlock.h

/* Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   Contributed by Torvald Riegel <triegel@redhat.com>.

   This file is part of the GNU Transactional Memory Library (libitm).

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#ifndef GTM_RWLOCK_H
#define GTM_RWLOCK_H

#include "local_atomic"
#include "common.h"

namespace GTM HIDDEN {

struct gtm_thread;

// This datastructure is the blocking, futex-based version of the Dekker-style
// reader-writer lock used to provide mutual exclusion between active and
// serial transactions.
// See libitm's documentation for further details.
//
// In this implementation, writers are given highest priority access but
// read-to-write upgrades do not have a higher priority than writers.
//
// Do not change the layout of this class; it must remain a POD type with
// standard layout, and the WRITERS field must be first (i.e., so the
// assembler code can assume that its address is equal to the address of the
// respective instance of the class).

class gtm_rwlock
{
  // TODO Put futexes on different cachelines?
  std::atomic<int> writers;       // Writers' futex.
  std::atomic<int> writer_readers;// A confirmed writer waits here for readers.
  std::atomic<int> readers;       // Readers wait here for writers (iff true).

 public:
  gtm_rwlock() : writers(0), writer_readers(0), readers(0) {};

  void read_lock (gtm_thread *tx);
  void read_unlock (gtm_thread *tx);

  void write_lock ();
  void write_unlock ();

  bool write_upgrade (gtm_thread *tx);
  void write_upgrade_finish (gtm_thread *tx);

  // Returns true iff there is a concurrent active or waiting writer.
  // This is primarily useful for simple HyTM approaches, and the value being
  // checked is loaded with memory_order_relaxed.
  bool is_write_locked()
  {
    return writers.load (memory_order_relaxed) != 0;
  }

 protected:
  bool write_lock_generic (gtm_thread *tx);
};

} // namespace GTM

#endif // GTM_RWLOCK_H