1 /* pthread_spin_lock -- lock a spin lock. Generic version.
2 Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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9
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11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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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 /* A machine-specific version can define SPIN_LOCK_READS_BETWEEN_CMPXCHG
23 to the number of plain reads that it's optimal to spin on between uses
24 of atomic_compare_and_exchange_val_acq. If spinning forever is optimal
25 then use -1. If no plain reads here would ever be optimal, use 0. */
26 #define SPIN_LOCK_READS_BETWEEN_CMPXCHG 1000
27
28 int
pthread_spin_lock(pthread_spinlock_t * lock)29 pthread_spin_lock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
30 {
31 /* atomic_exchange usually takes less instructions than
32 atomic_compare_and_exchange. On the other hand,
33 atomic_compare_and_exchange potentially generates less bus traffic
34 when the lock is locked.
35 We assume that the first try mostly will be successful, and we use
36 atomic_exchange. For the subsequent tries we use
37 atomic_compare_and_exchange. */
38 if (atomic_exchange_acq (lock, 1) == 0)
39 return 0;
40
41 do
42 {
43 /* The lock is contended and we need to wait. Going straight back
44 to cmpxchg is not a good idea on many targets as that will force
45 expensive memory synchronizations among processors and penalize other
46 running threads.
47 On the other hand, we do want to update memory state on the local core
48 once in a while to avoid spinning indefinitely until some event that
49 will happen to update local memory as a side-effect. */
50 if (SPIN_LOCK_READS_BETWEEN_CMPXCHG >= 0)
51 {
52 int wait = SPIN_LOCK_READS_BETWEEN_CMPXCHG;
53
54 while (*lock != 0 && wait > 0)
55 --wait;
56 }
57 else
58 {
59 while (*lock != 0)
60 ;
61 }
62 }
63 while (atomic_compare_and_exchange_val_acq (lock, 1, 0) != 0);
64
65 return 0;
66 }
67