github.com/metacubex/gvisor@v0.0.0-20240320004321-933faba989ec/pkg/sync/seqcount.go (about) 1 // Copyright 2019 The gVisor Authors. 2 // 3 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style 4 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. 5 6 package sync 7 8 import ( 9 "sync/atomic" 10 ) 11 12 // SeqCount is a synchronization primitive for optimistic reader/writer 13 // synchronization in cases where readers can work with stale data and 14 // therefore do not need to block writers. 15 // 16 // Compared to sync/atomic.Value: 17 // 18 // - Mutation of SeqCount-protected data does not require memory allocation, 19 // whereas atomic.Value generally does. This is a significant advantage when 20 // writes are common. 21 // 22 // - Atomic reads of SeqCount-protected data require copying. This is a 23 // disadvantage when atomic reads are common. 24 // 25 // - SeqCount may be more flexible: correct use of SeqCount.ReadOk allows other 26 // operations to be made atomic with reads of SeqCount-protected data. 27 // 28 // - SeqCount is more cumbersome to use; atomic reads of SeqCount-protected 29 // data require instantiating function templates using go_generics (see 30 // seqatomic.go). 31 type SeqCount struct { 32 // epoch is incremented by BeginWrite and EndWrite, such that epoch is odd 33 // if a writer critical section is active, and a read from data protected 34 // by this SeqCount is atomic iff epoch is the same even value before and 35 // after the read. 36 epoch uint32 37 } 38 39 // SeqCountEpoch tracks writer critical sections in a SeqCount. 40 type SeqCountEpoch uint32 41 42 // BeginRead indicates the beginning of a reader critical section. Reader 43 // critical sections DO NOT BLOCK writer critical sections, so operations in a 44 // reader critical section MAY RACE with writer critical sections. Races are 45 // detected by ReadOk at the end of the reader critical section. Thus, the 46 // low-level structure of readers is generally: 47 // 48 // for { 49 // epoch := seq.BeginRead() 50 // // do something idempotent with seq-protected data 51 // if seq.ReadOk(epoch) { 52 // break 53 // } 54 // } 55 // 56 // However, since reader critical sections may race with writer critical 57 // sections, the Go race detector will (accurately) flag data races in readers 58 // using this pattern. Most users of SeqCount will need to use the 59 // SeqAtomicLoad function template in seqatomic.go. 60 func (s *SeqCount) BeginRead() SeqCountEpoch { 61 if epoch := atomic.LoadUint32(&s.epoch); epoch&1 == 0 { 62 return SeqCountEpoch(epoch) 63 } 64 return s.beginReadSlow() 65 } 66 67 func (s *SeqCount) beginReadSlow() SeqCountEpoch { 68 i := 0 69 for { 70 if canSpin(i) { 71 i++ 72 doSpin() 73 } else { 74 goyield() 75 } 76 if epoch := atomic.LoadUint32(&s.epoch); epoch&1 == 0 { 77 return SeqCountEpoch(epoch) 78 } 79 } 80 } 81 82 // ReadOk returns true if the reader critical section initiated by a previous 83 // call to BeginRead() that returned epoch did not race with any writer critical 84 // sections. 85 // 86 // ReadOk may be called any number of times during a reader critical section. 87 // Reader critical sections do not need to be explicitly terminated; the last 88 // call to ReadOk is implicitly the end of the reader critical section. 89 func (s *SeqCount) ReadOk(epoch SeqCountEpoch) bool { 90 MemoryFenceReads() 91 return atomic.LoadUint32(&s.epoch) == uint32(epoch) 92 } 93 94 // BeginWrite indicates the beginning of a writer critical section. 95 // 96 // SeqCount does not support concurrent writer critical sections; clients with 97 // concurrent writers must synchronize them using e.g. sync.Mutex. 98 func (s *SeqCount) BeginWrite() { 99 if epoch := atomic.AddUint32(&s.epoch, 1); epoch&1 == 0 { 100 panic("SeqCount.BeginWrite during writer critical section") 101 } 102 } 103 104 // BeginWriteOk combines the semantics of ReadOk and BeginWrite. If the reader 105 // critical section initiated by a previous call to BeginRead() that returned 106 // epoch did not race with any writer critical sections, it begins a writer 107 // critical section and returns true. Otherwise it does nothing and returns 108 // false. 109 func (s *SeqCount) BeginWriteOk(epoch SeqCountEpoch) bool { 110 return atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&s.epoch, uint32(epoch), uint32(epoch)+1) 111 } 112 113 // EndWrite ends the effect of a preceding BeginWrite or successful 114 // BeginWriteOk. 115 func (s *SeqCount) EndWrite() { 116 if epoch := atomic.AddUint32(&s.epoch, 1); epoch&1 != 0 { 117 panic("SeqCount.EndWrite outside writer critical section") 118 } 119 }