libguile/arbiters.c

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  17  */
  18
  19
  20 \f
  21 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
  22 # include <config.h>
  23 #endif
  24
  25 #include "libguile/_scm.h"
  26 #include "libguile/ports.h"
  27 #include "libguile/smob.h"
  28
  29 #include "libguile/validate.h"
  30 #include "libguile/arbiters.h"
  31
  32 \f
  33 /* FETCH_STORE sets "fet" to the value fetched from "mem" and then stores
  34    "sto" there.  The fetch and store are done atomically, so once the fetch
  35    has been done no other thread or processor can fetch from there before
  36    the store is done.
  37
  38    The operands are scm_t_bits, fet and sto are plain variables, mem is a
  39    memory location (ie. an lvalue).
  40
  41    ENHANCE-ME: Add more cpu-specifics.  glibc atomicity.h has some of the
  42    sort of thing required.  FETCH_STORE could become some sort of
  43    compare-and-store if that better suited what various cpus do.  */
  44
  45 #if defined (__GNUC__) && defined (i386) && SIZEOF_SCM_T_BITS == 4
  46 /* This is for i386 with the normal 32-bit scm_t_bits.  The xchg instruction
  47    is atomic on a single processor, and it automatically asserts the "lock"
  48    bus signal so it's atomic on a multi-processor (no need for the lock
  49    prefix on the instruction).
  50
  51    The mem operand is read-write but "+" is not used since old gcc
  52    (eg. 2.7.2) doesn't support that.  "1" for the mem input doesn't work
  53    (eg. gcc 3.3) when mem is a pointer dereference like current usage below.
  54    Having mem as a plain input should be ok though.  It tells gcc the value
  55    is live, but as an "m" gcc won't fetch it itself (though that would be
  56    harmless).  */
  57
  58 #define FETCH_STORE(fet,mem,sto)                \
  59   do {                                          \
  60     asm ("xchg %0, %1"                          \
  61          : "=r" (fet), "=m" (mem)               \
  62          : "0"  (sto), "m"  (mem));             \
  63   } while (0)
  64 #endif
  65
  66 #ifndef FETCH_STORE
  67 /* This is a generic version, with a mutex to ensure the operation is
  68    atomic.  Unfortunately this approach probably makes arbiters no faster
  69    than mutexes (though still using less memory of course), so some
  70    CPU-specifics are highly desirable.  */
  71 #define FETCH_STORE(fet,mem,sto)                        \
  72   do {                                                  \
  73     scm_i_scm_pthread_mutex_lock (&scm_i_misc_mutex);   \
  74     (fet) = (mem);                                      \
  75     (mem) = (sto);                                      \
  76     scm_i_pthread_mutex_unlock (&scm_i_misc_mutex);     \
  77   } while (0)
  78 #endif
  79
  80
  81 static scm_t_bits scm_tc16_arbiter;
  82
  83
  84 #define SCM_LOCK_VAL         (scm_tc16_arbiter | (1L << 16))
  85 #define SCM_UNLOCK_VAL       scm_tc16_arbiter
  86 #define SCM_ARB_LOCKED(arb)  ((SCM_CELL_WORD_0 (arb)) & (1L << 16))
  87
  88
  89 static int
  90 arbiter_print (SCM exp, SCM port, scm_print_state *pstate)
  91 {
  92   scm_puts ("#<arbiter ", port);
  93   if (SCM_ARB_LOCKED (exp))
  94     scm_puts ("locked ", port);
  95   scm_iprin1 (SCM_PACK (SCM_SMOB_DATA (exp)), port, pstate);
  96   scm_putc ('>', port);
  97   return !0;
  98 }
  99
 100 SCM_DEFINE (scm_make_arbiter, "make-arbiter", 1, 0, 0,
 101             (SCM name),
 102             "Return an arbiter object, initially unlocked.  Currently\n"
 103             "@var{name} is only used for diagnostic output.")
 104 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_make_arbiter
 105 {
 106   SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB (scm_tc16_arbiter, SCM_UNPACK (name));
 107 }
 108 #undef FUNC_NAME
 109
 110
 111 /* The atomic FETCH_STORE here is so two threads can't both see the arbiter
 112    unlocked and return #t.  The arbiter itself wouldn't be corrupted by
 113    this, but two threads both getting #t would be contrary to the intended
 114    semantics.  */
 115
 116 SCM_DEFINE (scm_try_arbiter, "try-arbiter", 1, 0, 0,
 117             (SCM arb),
 118             "If @var{arb} is unlocked, then lock it and return @code{#t}.\n"
 119             "If @var{arb} is already locked, then do nothing and return\n"
 120             "@code{#f}.")
 121 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_try_arbiter
 122 {
 123   scm_t_bits old;
 124   SCM_VALIDATE_SMOB (1, arb, arbiter);
 125   FETCH_STORE (old, * (scm_t_bits *) SCM_CELL_OBJECT_LOC(arb,0), SCM_LOCK_VAL);
 126   return scm_from_bool (old == SCM_UNLOCK_VAL);
 127 }
 128 #undef FUNC_NAME
 129
 130
 131 /* The atomic FETCH_STORE here is so two threads can't both see the arbiter
 132    locked and return #t.  The arbiter itself wouldn't be corrupted by this,
 133    but we don't want two threads both thinking they were the unlocker.  The
 134    intended usage is for the code which locked to be responsible for
 135    unlocking, but we guarantee the return value even if multiple threads
 136    compete.  */
 137
 138 SCM_DEFINE (scm_release_arbiter, "release-arbiter", 1, 0, 0,
 139             (SCM arb),
 140             "If @var{arb} is locked, then unlock it and return @code{#t}.\n"
 141             "If @var{arb} is already unlocked, then do nothing and return\n"
 142             "@code{#f}.\n"
 143             "\n"
 144             "Typical usage is for the thread which locked an arbiter to\n"
 145             "later release it, but that's not required, any thread can\n"
 146             "release it.")
 147 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_release_arbiter
 148 {
 149   scm_t_bits old;
 150   SCM_VALIDATE_SMOB (1, arb, arbiter);
 151   FETCH_STORE (old, *(scm_t_bits*)SCM_CELL_OBJECT_LOC(arb,0), SCM_UNLOCK_VAL);
 152   return scm_from_bool (old == SCM_LOCK_VAL);
 153 }
 154 #undef FUNC_NAME
 155
 156
 157
 158 void
 159 scm_init_arbiters ()
 160 {
 161   scm_tc16_arbiter = scm_make_smob_type ("arbiter", 0);
 162   scm_set_smob_mark (scm_tc16_arbiter, scm_markcdr);
 163   scm_set_smob_print (scm_tc16_arbiter, arbiter_print);
 164 #include "libguile/arbiters.x"
 165 }
 166
 167 /*
 168   Local Variables:
 169   c-file-style: "gnu"
 170   End:
 171 */