// Copyright 2019 The gVisor Authors. // // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package sync import ( "sync/atomic" ) // SeqCount is a synchronization primitive for optimistic reader/writer // synchronization in cases where readers can work with stale data and // therefore do not need to block writers. // // Compared to sync/atomic.Value: // // - Mutation of SeqCount-protected data does not require memory allocation, // whereas atomic.Value generally does. This is a significant advantage when // writes are common. // // - Atomic reads of SeqCount-protected data require copying. This is a // disadvantage when atomic reads are common. // // - SeqCount may be more flexible: correct use of SeqCount.ReadOk allows other // operations to be made atomic with reads of SeqCount-protected data. // // - SeqCount is more cumbersome to use; atomic reads of SeqCount-protected // data require instantiating function templates using go_generics (see // seqatomic.go). type SeqCount struct { // epoch is incremented by BeginWrite and EndWrite, such that epoch is odd // if a writer critical section is active, and a read from data protected // by this SeqCount is atomic iff epoch is the same even value before and // after the read. epoch uint32 } // SeqCountEpoch tracks writer critical sections in a SeqCount. type SeqCountEpoch uint32 // BeginRead indicates the beginning of a reader critical section. Reader // critical sections DO NOT BLOCK writer critical sections, so operations in a // reader critical section MAY RACE with writer critical sections. Races are // detected by ReadOk at the end of the reader critical section. Thus, the // low-level structure of readers is generally: // // for { // epoch := seq.BeginRead() // // do something idempotent with seq-protected data // if seq.ReadOk(epoch) { // break // } // } // // However, since reader critical sections may race with writer critical // sections, the Go race detector will (accurately) flag data races in readers // using this pattern. Most users of SeqCount will need to use the // SeqAtomicLoad function template in seqatomic.go. func (s *SeqCount) BeginRead() SeqCountEpoch { if epoch := atomic.LoadUint32(&s.epoch); epoch&1 == 0 { return SeqCountEpoch(epoch) } return s.beginReadSlow() } func (s *SeqCount) beginReadSlow() SeqCountEpoch { i := 0 for { if canSpin(i) { i++ doSpin() } else { goyield() } if epoch := atomic.LoadUint32(&s.epoch); epoch&1 == 0 { return SeqCountEpoch(epoch) } } } // ReadOk returns true if the reader critical section initiated by a previous // call to BeginRead() that returned epoch did not race with any writer critical // sections. // // ReadOk may be called any number of times during a reader critical section. // Reader critical sections do not need to be explicitly terminated; the last // call to ReadOk is implicitly the end of the reader critical section. func (s *SeqCount) ReadOk(epoch SeqCountEpoch) bool { MemoryFenceReads() return atomic.LoadUint32(&s.epoch) == uint32(epoch) } // BeginWrite indicates the beginning of a writer critical section. // // SeqCount does not support concurrent writer critical sections; clients with // concurrent writers must synchronize them using e.g. sync.Mutex. func (s *SeqCount) BeginWrite() { if epoch := atomic.AddUint32(&s.epoch, 1); epoch&1 == 0 { panic("SeqCount.BeginWrite during writer critical section") } } // BeginWriteOk combines the semantics of ReadOk and BeginWrite. If the reader // critical section initiated by a previous call to BeginRead() that returned // epoch did not race with any writer critical sections, it begins a writer // critical section and returns true. Otherwise it does nothing and returns // false. func (s *SeqCount) BeginWriteOk(epoch SeqCountEpoch) bool { return atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&s.epoch, uint32(epoch), uint32(epoch)+1) } // EndWrite ends the effect of a preceding BeginWrite or successful // BeginWriteOk. func (s *SeqCount) EndWrite() { if epoch := atomic.AddUint32(&s.epoch, 1); epoch&1 != 0 { panic("SeqCount.EndWrite outside writer critical section") } }