[libc-commits] [libc] [libc] rework mutex (PR #92168)

Michael Jones via libc-commits libc-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue May 14 16:38:57 PDT 2024


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+//===--- Implementation of a Linux RawMutex class ---------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_THREADS_LINUX_RAW_MUTEX_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_THREADS_LINUX_RAW_MUTEX_H
+
+#include "futex_word.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/optional.h"
+#include "src/__support/common.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/attributes.h"
+#include "src/__support/threads/linux/futex_utils.h"
+#include "src/__support/threads/sleep.h"
+#include "src/__support/time/linux/abs_timeout.h"
+#ifdef LIBC_COPT_TIMEOUT_ENSURE_MONOTONICITY
+#include "src/__support/time/linux/monotonicity.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef LIBC_COPT_RAW_MUTEX_DEFAULT_SPIN_COUNT
+#define LIBC_COPT_RAW_MUTEX_DEFAULT_SPIN_COUNT 100
+#endif
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE {
+namespace internal {
+// Lock is a simple timable lock for internal usage.
+// This is separated from Mutex because this one does not need to consider
+// robustness and reentrancy. Also, this one has spin optimization for shorter
+// critical sections.
+class RawMutex {
+protected:
+  Futex futex;
+  LIBC_INLINE_VAR static constexpr FutexWordType UNLOCKED = 0b00;
+  LIBC_INLINE_VAR static constexpr FutexWordType LOCKED = 0b01;
+  LIBC_INLINE_VAR static constexpr FutexWordType CONTENTED = 0b10;
+
+  LIBC_INLINE FutexWordType spin(uint_fast32_t spin_count) {
+    FutexWordType result;
+    for (;;) {
+      result = futex.load(cpp::MemoryOrder::RELAXED);
+      // spin until one of the following conditions is met:
+      // - the mutex is unlocked
+      // - the mutex is contented
+      // - the spin count reaches 0
+      if (result != LOCKED || spin_count == 0)
+        return result;
+      // Pause the pipeline to avoid extraneous memory operations due to
+      // speculation.
+      sleep_briefly();
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michaelrj-google wrote:

that makes a lot of sense, do you have an example I could look at so I can understand this design better?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/92168


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