nptl/pthread_spin_lock.c

   1 /* pthread_spin_lock -- lock a spin lock.  Generic version.
   2    Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   4
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   8    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   9
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  14
  15    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  16    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
  17    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
  18
  19 #include <atomic.h>
  20 #include "pthreadP.h"
  21
  22 int
  23 pthread_spin_lock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
  24 {
  25   int val = 0;
  26
  27   /* We assume that the first try mostly will be successful, thus we use
  28      atomic_exchange if it is not implemented by a CAS loop (we also assume
  29      that atomic_exchange can be faster if it succeeds, see
  30      ATOMIC_EXCHANGE_USES_CAS).  Otherwise, we use a weak CAS and not an
  31      exchange so we bail out after the first failed attempt to change the
  32      state.  For the subsequent attempts we use atomic_compare_and_exchange
  33      after we observe that the lock is not acquired.
  34      See also comment in pthread_spin_trylock.
  35      We use acquire MO to synchronize-with the release MO store in
  36      pthread_spin_unlock, and thus ensure that prior critical sections
  37      happen-before this critical section.  */
  38 #if ! ATOMIC_EXCHANGE_USES_CAS
  39   /* Try to acquire the lock with an exchange instruction as this architecture
  40      has such an instruction and we assume it is faster than a CAS.
  41      The acquisition succeeds if the lock is not in an acquired state.  */
  42   if (__glibc_likely (atomic_exchange_acquire (lock, 1) == 0))
  43     return 0;
  44 #else
  45   /* Try to acquire the lock with a CAS instruction as this architecture
  46      has no exchange instruction.  The acquisition succeeds if the lock is not
  47      acquired.  */
  48   if (__glibc_likely (atomic_compare_exchange_weak_acquire (lock, &val, 1)))
  49     return 0;
  50 #endif
  51
  52   do
  53     {
  54       /* The lock is contended and we need to wait.  Going straight back
  55          to cmpxchg is not a good idea on many targets as that will force
  56          expensive memory synchronizations among processors and penalize other
  57          running threads.
  58          There is no technical reason for throwing in a CAS every now and then,
  59          and so far we have no evidence that it can improve performance.
  60          If that would be the case, we have to adjust other spin-waiting loops
  61          elsewhere, too!
  62          Thus we use relaxed MO reads until we observe the lock to not be
  63          acquired anymore.  */
  64       do
  65         {
  66           /* TODO Back-off.  */
  67
  68           atomic_spin_nop ();
  69
  70           val = atomic_load_relaxed (lock);
  71         }
  72       while (val != 0);
  73
  74       /* We need acquire memory order here for the same reason as mentioned
  75          for the first try to lock the spinlock.  */
  76     }
  77   while (!atomic_compare_exchange_weak_acquire (lock, &val, 1));
  78
  79   return 0;
  80 }